Why Critical Thinking Is Important
Thinking and Knowing I. Problem Statement:
In normal circumstances, the concept of thinking and knowing cooperate together. However, fear of thinking will influence your preciseness in knowing and may lead to negative consequence. Moreover, without critical thinking, learning cannot be fully process though the brain which will lead to misunderstanding. For example, textbooks could only provide solid answers for every question. As long as you continue to follow the formulas of your mathematic textbook without critical thinking, you cannot think further and understand the real meaning behind the equation. Therefore, critical thinking is important in the accumulation of knowledge. II. Body: A. Why critical thinking is important? 1. Critical thinking is important because it veers a person away from certain mistake. 2. According to “Thinking vs. Knowing: When Facts Get In the Way”, by Victor E. Ferrall, Jr, he remind us that “Of course, some knowledge is imprecise, e.g., if any of our kid is going to have a problem sleeping it will be Bobby, or Mom always brings her famous fruitcake to a party.” 3. Indeed, often the information that others provide us could be inaccurate. Hence, we should always use our brain to think and understand the other side’s point of view in order to avoid insufficient knowledge. B. Amiss knowledge is dangerous if you don’t think critically. 1. Knowledge can sometimes be used to control or to dominate people. Therefore, we have to be critical about knowledge. 2. For example, In “Thinking vs. Knowing: When Fact Get in the way”, it give an example that the society use imprecise information to misleading people, it reports that “when a religious sect “knows” the word will end on a date certain and it doesn’t, the usual response is, not to think about why the world did not end, but rather to choose a new deadline, i.e. create new “knowledge.” 3. Even religious will use amiss knowledge to influence
In normal circumstances, the concept of thinking and knowing cooperate together. However, fear of thinking will influence your preciseness in knowing and may lead to negative consequence. Moreover, without critical thinking, learning cannot be fully process though the brain which will lead to misunderstanding. For example, textbooks could only provide solid answers for every question. As long as you continue to follow the formulas of your mathematic textbook without critical thinking, you cannot think further and understand the real meaning behind the equation. Therefore, critical thinking is important in the accumulation of knowledge. II. Body: A. Why critical thinking is important? 1. Critical thinking is important because it veers a person away from certain mistake. 2. According to “Thinking vs. Knowing: When Facts Get In the Way”, by Victor E. Ferrall, Jr, he remind us that “Of course, some knowledge is imprecise, e.g., if any of our kid is going to have a problem sleeping it will be Bobby, or Mom always brings her famous fruitcake to a party.” 3. Indeed, often the information that others provide us could be inaccurate. Hence, we should always use our brain to think and understand the other side’s point of view in order to avoid insufficient knowledge. B. Amiss knowledge is dangerous if you don’t think critically. 1. Knowledge can sometimes be used to control or to dominate people. Therefore, we have to be critical about knowledge. 2. For example, In “Thinking vs. Knowing: When Fact Get in the way”, it give an example that the society use imprecise information to misleading people, it reports that “when a religious sect “knows” the word will end on a date certain and it doesn’t, the usual response is, not to think about why the world did not end, but rather to choose a new deadline, i.e. create new “knowledge.” 3. Even religious will use amiss knowledge to influence