Importance of Critical Thinking

It was Francis Bacon who verbalize knowledge is power and indeed it is. We all want to know, to gain knowledge. Thats why we go to school for a large portion of our lives, why we read, watch and listen to all we can when we be awake and sometimes even when we ar asleep. But what exactly is knowledge? While thither isnt a single standard definition, the oldest accepted definition was minded(p) by famous philosopher Plato Justified true belief. The pursuit of knowledge I define as research. So how does one reach the goal of attaining this reassert true belief?I suggest the use of critical view skills as a means to that end. Linda Elder defines critical radical as follows Critical thinking is self-guided, self-disciplined thinking which attempts to priming coat at the highest train of quality in a fair-minded way. That is, a method of thinking developed by a person that would allow this person to reason at the apex of his/her intelligence, objectively. Critical thinking is a n important apparatus in seeking knowledge as it addresses issues like uniformity, bias and partiality.As human beings we are naturally selfish. The phrase looking out for number one comes to mind. The bit is that we want for ourselves. Similarly in seeking knowledge on a particular subject matter, we tend to take into consideration only the picture that suits our opinion, which supports our stance on the issue. Critical thinking requires that we move past our biases and probe every bit of evidence with sound logic, in order to subsequently an objective analysis, arrive at a fair conclusion. Also, when we do research, our findings are often partial or incomplete.With the application of critical thinking skills we would overmaster that obstacle as thinking critically requires us to bring together and evaluate all the necessary information. So we would not only prize the pros as it relates to something, but also the cons. Nor would we analyze one partys view and ignore the oppo sition. Everything relevant would be appraised, making our pursuit complete. Lastly, the idea of uniformity. Format and order are very important in conducting research. We must(prenominal) be able to see a continuum or sequence in our methodology.Critical thinking is a process, therefore there are stages involved such(prenominal) as evaluation and inference. Our thoughts would not be jumbled nor would our ideas seem baffled and random as might be the case when we dont dig deeper beneath the surface of a concept and reason on a higher plain. The application of critical thinking skills would undoubtedly answer in coherence. To conclude, the importance of critical thinking as a whoreson in the pursuit of knowledge cannot be denied as our usual sense modality of reasoning is damaged and it is just the tool for the fix. Those who know how to think fate no teachers. - Mahatma Gandhi.