{"id":1109,"date":"2024-04-04T08:52:36","date_gmt":"2024-04-04T05:52:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/karjaarivarav\/?page_id=1109"},"modified":"2025-04-24T16:10:17","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T13:10:17","slug":"critical-thinking","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/karjaarivarav\/en\/critical-thinking\/","title":{"rendered":"Critical thinking"},"content":{"rendered":"
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analytical thinking<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Author: K\u00e4triin S\u00e4de<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Critical thinking is the process of analysing ideas, claims and situations to understand their credibility, justification and validity. <\/strong>A critical thinker can ask pertinent questions, distinguish fact from opinion and truth from falsehood, and reach reasoned and rational conclusions. They are able to assess the weight of reasoning and evidence and understand their meaning and relevance. Critical thinking is based on information literacy, searching, evaluating and managing information from different sources. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thinking analytically makes it possible to look at complex ideas in a systematic way, to notice patterns and interconnections and to combine them. Meaningful reflection is very important in this context, allowing for a better understanding of the situation and appropriate decisions. It also means the ability to reflect and to be open to (self-)criticism, in order to understand one\u2019s own experiences, to learn new things, to cope with challenges and to change one\u2019s behaviour when necessary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A moment of reflection:\u00a0<\/strong>Think about how much information you consume every day and how much of it is reliable and necessary. If something looks suspicious, do you look for more information? Do you consider yourself a source-critical person? Are you open-minded? How often do you ask \u201cWhy?\u201d, \u201cHow?\u201d or \u201cWhat if\u2026?\u201d. Can you distinguish between your judgement and emotion and the facts? What tools do you use for analysis?<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Inspiration to take action<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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