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Critical thinking

Within the framework of skepticism, critical thinking is the mental process of acquiring information, then evaluating it to reach a logical conclusion or answer. Critical thinking is synonymous with informal logic. Increasingly, educators believe that schools should focus more on critical thinking than on memorization of facts.

External links

• Critical Thinking Community - Resources for teaching critical thinking, including syllabi; library; sponsors seminars and conferences.
• Using Critical Thinking To Conduct Effective Searches of Online Resources
• A classroom guide to Critical Thinking Core Concepts - from The Critical Thinking Across the Curriculum Project
• Thinking Critically about World Wide Web Resources
• Teaching Undergrads Web Evaluation

See also

• ambiguity
• analogy
• analysis
• critic (including positive vs. negative perpectives on criticsm)
• constructive criticism (including various approaches towards criticsm)
• deductive reasoning
• empirical knowledge
• induction
• inference
• logical argument
• logical fallacy
• paraphrase
• premise
• slippery slope
• soundness
• validity

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