CRITICAL THINKINGSALT INDONESIA

CRITICAL THINKING IS A CLEAR AND

RATIONAL THINKING

2,500 years ago Socrates established the importance of

seeking evidence, reasoning and assumptions, analyzing basic

concepts, and tracing out implications

In the Renaissance (15th and 16th Centuries), scholars in

Europe began to think critically about religion, art, society,

human nature, law, and freedom.

It was Francis Bacon (England)

laid the foundation for

modern science with his

emphasis on the information-

gathering

In 1628, René Descartes wrote Rules For the Direction of the

Mind

He articulated the need in thinking for clarity and precision.

Bayle, Montesquieu, Voltaire, and Diderot. They all began with the premise that the human mind, when disciplined by reason is better able to figure out the weaknesses and strengths of

thought

Bayle Montesquieu

Voltaire Diderot

In 1906, William Graham Sumner mentioned that

the Critical Thinking is a

prime condition of human welfare that men and

women should be trained in it

Critical Thinking skill helps to generate systematic monitoring

of thought

Thinking must be analyzed and assessed for its clarity, accuracy, relevance, depth, breadth, and

logicalness