Critical Thinking

Critical thinking is the process of thinking carefully about a subject or idea, without allowing feelings or opinions to affect you. 

~ Cambridge Dictionary 

Critical thinking is characterized by a broad set of related skills usually including the abilities to:

1. Break down a problem into its constituent parts to reveal its underlying logic and assumptions.
2. Recognize and account for one’s own biases in judgment and experience.
3. Collect and assess relevant evidence from either personal observations and experimentation or by gathering external information.
4. Adjust and reevaluate one’s own thinking in response to what one has learned.
5. Form a reasoned assessment in order to propose a solution to a problem or a more accurate understanding of the topic at hand.

~ Britannica Academic