Short History of Critical Thinking.

1. CRITICAL THINKING
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2. CRITICAL THINKING IS
A CLEAR AND
RATIONAL THINKING

3. 2,500 years ago Socrates established
the importance of seeking evidence,
reasoning and assumptions, analyzing
basic concepts, and tracing out
implications

4. In the Renaissance (15th and 16th
Centuries), scholars in Europe began
to think critically about religion, art,
society, human nature, law, and
freedom.

5. It was Francis
Bacon (England)
laid the foundation
for modern
science with his
emphasis on the
information-
gathering

6. In 1628, René Descartes wrote Rules
For the Direction of the Mind
He articulated the need in thinking for
clarity and precision.

7. 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

8. 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

9. Critical Thinking skill helps to
generate systematic monitoring of
thought

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