CRITICAL THINKING

SESSIONS – 1-3
 SCHOOL vs. COLLEGE
EDUCATION

 SCHOOL EDUCATION
– FOCUS: WHAT TO THINK
 COLLEGE EDUCATION
– LIBERAL EDUCATION
 LIBERATION
– FOCUS: HOW TO THINK
 i.e. HOW TO BECOME INDEPENDENT, SELF-
DIRECTED THINKERS AND LEARNERS
WHAT IS CRITICAL THINKING?

 GENERAL TERM GIVEN TO A WIDE RANGE OF

COGNITIVE SKILLS AND INTELLECTUAL
DISPOSITIONS NEEDED
– TO EFFECTIVELY IDENTIFY, ANALYSE AND
EVALUATE ARGUMENTS AND TRUTH CLAIMS;
– TO DISCOVER AND OVERCOME PERSONAL
PREJUDICES AND BIASES;
– TO FORMULATE AND PRESENT CONVINCING
REASONS IN SUPPORT OF CONCLUSIONS; AND
– TO MAKE REASONABLE, INTELLIGENT DECISIONS
ABOUT WHAT TO BELIEVE AND WHAT TO DO.
 CRITICAL THINKING
STANDARDS

 CRITICAL THINKING
– DISCIPLINED THINKING GOVERNED BY CLEAR
INTELLECTUAL STANDARDS.
 IMPORTANT INTELLECTUAL STANDARDS

CLARITY CONSISTENCY
PRECISION –LOGICAL vs. PRACTICAL
ACCURACY LOGICALCORRECTNESS
RELEVANCE COMPLETENESS
FAIRNESS
 BARRIERS TO CRITICAL
THINKING

 Ego-centrism
– Self-interested thinking
– Self-serving bias
 Socio-centrism
– Group bias
– Conformism
 Assumptions
– Unwarranted assumptions
– Stereotypes - result of hasty generalisation
– Conscious assumption
 BARRIERS TO CRITICAL
THINKING - 2

 Relativistic thinking
– Relativism : view that truth is a matter of
opinion
– Subjective relativism
– Cultural relativism
 Moral subjectivism
 Cultural moral relativism
 Wishful thinking
 ASSIGNMENT - 1

 WHY DID I CHOOSE THE MBA

PROGRAMME?
 WHY DID I CHOOSE I2IM?
 WHAT IS MY GOAL IN LIFE?
– WHERE DO I SEE MYSELF AFTER 10 YEARS?
– WHERE DO I SEE MYSELF IMMEDIATELY
AFTER MBA?
– WHY?