Critical Thinking Principles
Critical thinking is a very important skill that is required by the researchers to evaluate whatever they hear, read, or observe. As far as the skills of critical thinking are concerned, the first principle is meaning of clarity and language. The second principle talks about the reliability of premises coupled with the conclusions. The third principle is standardization of the arguments coupled with the next argument called the evaluation of deductive and the non-deductive arguments. In all these principles, the main intention is to narrow down the vital information and filter down the junk or useless information. In the later states, prioritization, and evaluations have to be made (Wilfrid Laurier University, 2015).
A good example of a critical thinking process could be defined in terms of a candidate for an interview which is just about to face the board of directors of a company. He critically thinks how he is going to present his skill set in a diverse group of people in the best way possible. He, first of all, enters the room, greet them and then uses the good body language skills to sell his skillet in the best possible manner (Gittens, 2012).
The critical thinking process is usually not ideal, and it follows a lot of errors that may result in very undesired results. For instance, consider a theory that if one sill sleep till late at night, he or she will fail in the coming GRE test and will eventually fail to get the scholarship and will turn into an alcoholic. The sequence of arguments is so fragile to depend on and lacks the level of authenticity and logic. The perception built around this sort of critical thinking could have some very adverse results (Latus, 2015).
Concisely, critical thinking is a very systematic approach to reach a conclusion after exploring all possible dimensions and alternatives. The process if done properly could lead to success and in the inverse case could cause failure. The critical thinking process must be based on facts and should have a very logical arrangement of the arguments both in for and against the point under consideration.
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