A BIT OF HISTORY ON CRITICAL THINKING

By SUMMER STILL

IT HAD TO START SOMEWHERE

THE FIRST IMAGES WE HAVE OF KNOWN CRITICAL THINKERS START WITH SOCRATES OVER 2500 YEARS AGO. IT BEGAN WAY BEFORE THAT BUT THAT IS WHEN SOCRATES DISCOVERED A METHOD OF PROBING QUESTIONS THAT PEOPLE COULD NOT RATIONALLY JUSTIFY THEIR CONFIDENT CLAIMS TO KNOWLEDGE.

SOCRATES ESTABLISHED THE FACT THAT ONE CAN NOT RELY ON AUTHORITY FIGURES TO HAVE SOUND KNOWLEDGE AND INSIGHT

SOCRATES DEMONSTRATED THAT PERSONS MAY HAVE POWER AND A HIGH POSITION YET BE DEEPLY CONFUSED AND IRRATIONAL

EXAMPLES COULD BE:

IT COULD REALLY CONFUSE YOU IF YOU GET MESSAGES MIXED AND

MASHED UP

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SOCRATES

ESTABLISHED THE IMPORTANCE OF SEEKING EVIDENCE

SOCRATES OF ANALYZING BASIC CONCEPTS AND TRACING

OUT IMPLICATIONS

SOCRATES

OF NOT ONLY OF WHAT IS BEING SAID BUT WHAT IS BEING DONE AS WELL

SOCRATES

HIS METHOD IS NOW KNOWN AS SOCRATIC QUESTIONING and is the BEST KNOWN CRITICAL THINKING TEACHING STRATEGY.

SOCRATES PRACTICE WAS FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER GREAT

THINKER-PLATO

THIS IS ONE QUOTE THAT DIRECTLY PERTAINS TO THE CRITICAL THINKER

ARISTOTLE

CRITICAL THINKING IS A DESIRE TO SEEK

CRITICAL THINKING IS A DESIRE TO SEEK PATIENCE TO DOUBT,

CRITICAL THINKING IS A DESIRE TO SEEK PATIENCE TO DOUBT, FONDNESS TO MEDITATE

CRITICAL THINKING IS A DESIRE TO SEEK PATIENCE TO DOUBT, FONDNESS TO MEDITATESLOWNESS TO ASSERT

CRITICAL THINKING IS A DESIRE TO SEEK PATIENCE TO DOUBT, FONDNESS TO MEDITATESLOWNESS TO ASSERTREADINESS TO CONSIDER

CRITICAL THINKING IS A DESIRE TO SEEK PATIENCE TO DOUBT, FONDNESS TO MEDITATESLOWNESS TO ASSERTREADINESS TO CONSIDERCAREFULNESS TO DISPOSE & SET IN ORDER &

HATRED FOR EVERY KIND OF IMPOSTURE

CRITICAL THINKING IS A DESIRE TO SEEK PATIENCE TO DOUBT FONDNESS TO MEDITATESLOWNESS TO ASSERTREADINESS TO CONSIDERCAREFULNESS TO DISPOSE & SET IN ORDER &

HATRED FOR EVERY KIND OF IMPOSTUREby Francis Bacon (1605

LEST NOT FORGET THE FRENCH ENLIGHTENMENT“They all began with the premise that the human

mind when disciplined by reason is better able to figure out the nature of the social and political world.”

From the ‘HISTORY OF CRITICAL THINKING’ article on

Criticalthinking.org

YOU SEE CRITICAL THINKING HAS CHANGED OUR WORLD… OR WORLDS.YOU SHOULD CONTINUE TO RESEARCH CRITICAL

THINKING AS THE CONTRIBUTORS ARE TOO MUCH TO PLACE HERE.

MANY WERE UNDERAPPRECIATED IN THEIR OWN LIFETIMES.

MANY FACTS LAUGHED AWAY ALTHOUGH AT ONE TIME, THEY WERE FACTS.

FACTS ARE TRENDY AND ARE NEVER TO BE TAKEN FOR TRUTH

REMEMBER WHEN THE WORLD WAS FLAT?

THIS IS A 120 YEAR OLD MAP FROMSOMEONE COMMISSIONED TO DRAW THE WORLD

AS IT WAS KNOWN TO BE.

YOU SHOULD NOTE THAT QUESTIONING AUTHORITY CAN: COST YOU A JOB SO RESEARCH THE BEST WAYS

TO CONTINUE YOUR CRITICAL THINKING.BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE DO NOT UNDERSTAND

QUESTIONING AUTHORITY.NOW YOU DO. BE AT PEACE IN YOUR KNOWLEDGE LIKE THAT OF CHILD. ASK AND YOU SHALL FIND…

BIT O’ CRITICAL THINKING HISTORY BY SUMMER STILLKNOWLEDGE IS POWER AND WITH POWER MANY

PEOPLE WILL FEAR YOU.USE IT WISELY AND REMEMBER IT IS A

NEVERENDING JOURNEY TO SEEK THE TRUTH