Lesson 7 The Elements of Reasoning
“Critical thinking is reflective; it involves thinking-about-my-thinking. ……reflective thinking must meet high standards; (it is) ….. reasoning that is done well. ………. the elements are what we reflect about”
Learning to Think Things Through, Nosich (Prentice-Hall 2001)
Richard Paul (www.criticalthinking.org) put forward the methodology of examining the Elements of Reasoning. You will notice that they are in a circle because we can start an examination of someone's reasoning or our own reasoning at any point on the circle .
The square represents that all the elements are set in Context. To look at the context may be to examine historical, social, political, geographical, cultural setting of a piece of reasoning. It is looking at the wider picture of the reasoning and where it is placed in the world.
The central circle of Alternatives remindsw us that when examining the elements of reasoning we must look at alternatives. The question "And what else?"
The diagram can be found on the next page of the blog
Learning to Think Things Through, Nosich (Prentice-Hall 2001)
Richard Paul (www.criticalthinking.org) put forward the methodology of examining the Elements of Reasoning. You will notice that they are in a circle because we can start an examination of someone's reasoning or our own reasoning at any point on the circle .
The square represents that all the elements are set in Context. To look at the context may be to examine historical, social, political, geographical, cultural setting of a piece of reasoning. It is looking at the wider picture of the reasoning and where it is placed in the world.
The central circle of Alternatives remindsw us that when examining the elements of reasoning we must look at alternatives. The question "And what else?"
The diagram can be found on the next page of the blog
posted by Miz John at 10:22 PM
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