29th Critical Thinking Conference Keynote part 2
Summary
TLDRThe transcript emphasizes the importance of critical thinking in education, suggesting that much of our thinking is influenced by our upbringing, societal norms, and egocentrism. It highlights the need to control our thinking to improve our behavior and decision-making. The speaker advocates for a framework of thinking that is explicit, global, systematic, and free from constraints. The goal is to develop a critical thinking model that is accessible, using natural language and avoiding jargon, to foster a broader understanding and application of critical thinking across various fields of knowledge.
Takeaways
- đ€ Education in the sense of producing critical thinkers is not yet fully achieved.
- đ§ Our surroundings are filled with manifestations of thought, influencing our behavior and decisions.
- đ Poor thinking in any aspect of life can lead to negative outcomes, from relationships to health.
- đ€·ââïž Much of our thinking is influenced by childhood, family, religion, politics, and peer groups, often unconsciously.
- đĄ The human mind naturally leans towards egocentrism, assuming disagreement is wrong and agreement is right.
- đ Historically, many have thought and behaved in ways that were detrimental to their well-being, influenced by societal constructs.
- đ The challenge is to develop a global, explicit, systematic, and free framework for critical thinking, avoiding narrow perspectives.
- đ The book 'Frameworks for Thinking' is mentioned as a resource to understand and challenge conventional thinking.
- đŁïž Critical thinking should be jargon-free and accessible, using natural language to discuss thinking processes.
- đ It's important to recognize the difference between data and interpretation, and to consider various points of view.
- đ« Critical thinking aims to avoid unclear, inaccurate, imprecise, irrelevant, narrow-minded, illogical, trivial, and unfair thinking.
Q & A
What is the higher sense of education mentioned in the script?
-The higher sense of education refers to the development of critical thinkers who can analyze and evaluate information and situations effectively.
How does the way people think affect their behavior according to the script?
-The script suggests that thinking controls human behavior. If individuals think poorly about aspects of their life, such as marriage, investments, or health, it can lead to negative outcomes in those areas.
What factors influence an individual's thinking as described in the script?
-Influences on an individual's thinking include their upbringing, family, religion, politics, peer groups, and friends. These factors can shape their thought patterns and perspectives.
Why is it important to control our thinking according to the script?
-Controlling our thinking is crucial because it can lead to better decision-making and outcomes. Uncontrolled thinking can result in harmful behaviors and perpetuate negative cycles influenced by external factors.
What is the role of egocentrism in human thinking as discussed in the script?
-Egocentrism is described as a natural tendency in humans to believe they are right when others agree with them and wrong when they disagree, reflecting a self-centered bias in thinking.
How does the script relate historical thinking patterns to individual behavior?
-The script connects historical thinking patterns, such as those of underlains, slaves, or oppressed people, to behaviors that were often counter-productive to their well-being, influenced by coercion or imposed limitations.
What is the significance of choosing a frame of reference in thinking as mentioned in the script?
-Choosing a frame of reference is significant because it determines the perspective from which one analyzes and interprets information, which in turn affects decision-making and actions.
What are the characteristics of the critical thinking framework the script aims to develop?
-The script aims to develop a critical thinking framework that is explicit, global, systematic, socratic, and free of constraints. It should be jargon-free and use natural language to facilitate understanding and application by everyone.
Why does the script emphasize the importance of clarity and precision in thinking?
-The script emphasizes clarity and precision to avoid thinking that is unclear, inaccurate, imprecise, and irrelevant, which can lead to poor decision-making and ineffective problem-solving.
How does the script view the role of various academic disciplines in critical thinking?
-The script suggests that while various disciplines like philosophy, rhetoric, psychology, and sociology are domains of knowledge, none of them control or invented critical thinking. Instead, they all require and can benefit from the application of critical thinking.
What is the script's stance on the use of jargon in critical thinking?
-The script advocates for a critical thinking language that is free of jargon and uses the analytic vocabulary of natural languages, making it accessible and understandable to everyone without favoring any specialized terminology.
Outlines
đ€ The Impact of Thinking on Behavior and Critical Thinking
This paragraph discusses the importance of education in developing critical thinkers and how our thoughts significantly influence our actions and behaviors. It highlights that our thinking is often shaped by our upbringing, family, religion, and societal influences, which can lead to egocentric views. The paragraph emphasizes the need for a framework for critical thinking that is explicit, global, systematic, and free from constraints. It also stresses the importance of clear, accurate, and fair thinking, and the need to develop a model of critical thinking that is accessible and understandable to everyone, without the use of jargon.
đ The Role of Information and Point of View in Critical Thinking
Paragraph 2 delves into the sources of information and how our point of view can affect our interpretation of data. It underscores the importance of being aware of one's own perspective and considering alternative viewpoints. The paragraph advocates for clarity, accuracy, and relevance in thinking, and it critiques the tendency of academic disciplines to privilege their own jargon and paradigms. It calls for a broader and more inclusive approach to critical thinking that does not favor any particular field and instead fosters a comprehensive understanding of various perspectives and disciplines.
Mindmap
Keywords
đĄCritical Thinkers
đĄManifestations of Thought
đĄEgocentricism
đĄFrameworks for Thinking
đĄSocratic
đĄConstrained Thinking
đĄJargon
đĄPoint of View
đĄData and Interpretation
đĄParadigm
đĄSpecialized Language
Highlights
Education should produce critical thinkers, but we're far from achieving that.
Our thinking determines our behavior in various aspects of life, from marriage to investments.
Much of our thinking is influenced by our upbringing, family, religion, and peer groups.
The human mind naturally tends towards egocentrism, assuming its own views are correct.
Many people spend their lives thinking within the confines of societal constructs.
Behavior is often counter-constructed for happiness due to limited thinking frameworks.
The challenge is to decide amidst chaos what frame of reference to use for thinking.
Striving to develop a framework for thinking that is explicit, global, systematic, and free of constraints.
Critical thinking should be free of jargon and accessible through natural language.
Critical thinking terms should be derived from dictionaries, not specialized language.
Everyone should be able to naturally discuss thinking without needing to be a specialist.
Critical thinking should help us monitor our point of view and consider alternatives.
Avoiding unclear, inaccurate, imprecise, irrelevant, narrow-minded, illogical, trivial, and unfair thinking.
Critical thinking should be based on the analytic vocabulary of natural languages, not jargon.
No single academic domain should control critical thinking; all fields need it.
Most fields of study do not effectively open minds or teach the history of their discipline.
Education often trains people in a paradigm rather than encouraging critical thinking.
Transcripts
education
in this higher sense if you think of
education
as producing critical thinkers
then we're far from achieving that
but in any case you live amidst
manifestations of thought
your wife your husband is always
thinking your children are thinking your
neighbors are thinking your colleagues
are thinking
and the way they think determines the
way they behave
if they think poorly about their
marriage
they have a poor marriage if they think
poorly about their
investments they lose money if they
think
poorly while they're driving they may
hurt themselves
or others if they think poorly
about what the foods they eat they may
affect their health
thinking controls human behavior
but do we control our thinking that's
the question
because much of our thinking is the
voice
of us as a child our father
in us our mother and us the religion we
were raised in
in us the politics that we inherited
from our family
or our peer group the way our friends
think all of these are subtle
pressures to think as other people think
and what is natural to the human mind
is to think in such a way as to assume
that if you disagree with me you're
wrong
and if you agree with me you're right
because i am the way and the truth
and the light egocentrism
is natural to the human animal
homo sapiens yes but who is controlling
that thinking
where is that thinking coming from if
you connect this now to the history of
critical thought
you'll see that many people spend their
life
thinking as underlains think thinking as
slaves
think thinking as oppressed people think
and their behavior was often then
counter-constructed for their happiness
they may have spent their life doing
things that were harmful to themselves
either because they were coerced to do
this
or they were taught to do this or they
came to
impose these chains upon themselves
now look at
the frameworks for thinking i mentioned
them
you can get this book frameworks for
thinking and
look at 44 miles
and realize that there is a challenge
then we must pick
amidst the chaos we must decide
what frame of reference we're going to
use
and what we have strived striving to do
is to develop a framework which is
explicit rather than implicit
which is global rather than specialized
which is systematic rather than episodic
which is socratic rather than sophistic
which is free as much as we can make it
free
of constraints
rather than constrained thinking many
people think as we say
in a box and the box can be a very small
box
and we can cut off from ourselves
many potential experiences because we
think in this
narrow way and finally we have striven
to make our model for critical thinking
free of jargon
if you look at the glossary of critical
thinking terms which we've developed
all of those meanings come from the
dictionaries
they come from the oxford english
dictionary they come from webster's new
collegiate dictionary
critical thinking a language for
talking about thinking should not be a
specialized language
it should be a language that everyone
speaks naturally
and we naturally speak as gerald pointed
out about our purposes our goals
we naturally think about our questions
problems issues in our life we naturally
think about
our information based where is our
information
coming from and you don't have to be a
specialist to know
that there's a difference between the
data and the interpretation of the data
from somebody's point of view
you don't have to be a specialist to
know that we have a point of view
and then we should monitor our point of
view and then we should consider
alternative points of view
you don't have to be a specialist to
know that you don't want your thinking
to be unclear inaccurate imprecise
irrelevant superficial narrow-minded
illogical trivial and unfair
each of those terms before themselves
and so we're looking to develop the
field of critical thinking based
on the analytic vocabulary of the
natural languages we speak
no one's jargon should be privileged
philosophy should not be privileged
rhetoric should not be privileged
psychology should not be privileged
sociology should not be privileged
they're all domains of knowledge
but none of them control critical
thinking
none of them invented critical things
and many of them indeed all of them need
critical thinking
they're not just needed but need a lot
more of it
than presently exists in most fields
most fields if you look at
the impact they have on majors at the
university level
do not obviously open their mind
very often what they do is train people
in a paradigm
the present paradigm the present way of
looking at things
most fields of study do not do a good
job of telling their history
and giving us a sense of where they are
and where they're not
but who they've considered and what they
have not
considered
Voir Plus de Vidéos Connexes
5.0 / 5 (0 votes)