Thinking Critically about Critical thinking
Critical Thinking is the objective analysis and evaluation of an issue in order to form a judgment. The National Council for Excellence in Critical Thinking defines critical thinking as the “intellectually disciplined process of actively and skillfully conceptualizing, applying, analyzing, synthesizing, and/or evaluating information gathered from, or generated by, observation, experience, reflection, reasoning, or communication, as a guide to belief and action.” The dilemma between the heart and…