Q: Why is it important to make distinctions when undertaking a critical evaluation?
A: Because a lot goes into critical thinking. The list of core critical thinking skills includes observation, interpretation, analysis, inference, evaluation, explanation, and meta-cognition. [ There is a reasonable level of consensus among experts that an individual or group engaged in strong critical thinking gives due consideration to:
Evidence through observation
Context
Relevant
criteria for making the judgment well
Applicable methods or techniques for forming the judgment
Applicable theoretical constructs for understanding the problem and the question at hand
In addition to possessing strong critical-thinking skills, one must be disposed to engage problems and decisions using those skills. Critical thinking employs not only logic but broad intellectual criteria such as clarity, credibility, accuracy, precision, relevance, depth, breadth, significance, and fairness.
If performed without distinctions, there would be no such thing as critical thinking. ]
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