Dr. Richard Paul defines the universal standards with which thinking may be "taken apart" evaluated and assessed. Excerpted from the Socratic Questioning Video Series from the Foundation for Critical Thinking.
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@cexino13 жыл бұрын
Dr. Richard Paul is brilliant and explains these concepts easily.
@politicalphilosophy-thegre38946 жыл бұрын
Thanks for posting.
@danle62212 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for this video.
@TheSpiritualMolecule12 жыл бұрын
To sum all this up ; Be aware of your thinking by altering your ego and emotional state of mind. Re evaluate your perception by understanding the importance of what is real and what is thought of as not supportive information. Think simple, live freely. Reality is a false elemental fragment of perception in nature. The answer lies within, not out there. Look deep inside yourself for there you will find your true potential to process higher levels of thinking and understanding when applied. - ZS
@theXdarkXtreeXburns12 жыл бұрын
this blew my mind
@goktu0113 жыл бұрын
@1Mperios The ability of thinking that comes from birth is different from the one we are talking about. Not every thinking is critical. Our organ brain is not only responsible for thinking, as you know, it controls the mechanisms of our organs and the way our body works. Thinking is only a part of it. Sometimes people improve this ability of thinking, just like you improving your ability of talking, cycling, driving, reading, speaking, listening, swimming, preparing hand made crafts.
@Deadboyz. Жыл бұрын
I am reading your book right now 😊
@TheSouless4413 жыл бұрын
@SirWinstonChurchill was that second paragraph a quote? Or did you just make it up?
@boutbusiness2416 жыл бұрын
yeh appreciate the video!!!
@enhancingperception95704 жыл бұрын
Keep It Up Sir
@kingofaikido12 жыл бұрын
Alfred Korzybski´s work was good on this. A is not A, A is only a label. Logic and maths may be good for counting beans or money but it isn´t always the best way to talk with people or to argue or to get clarity. Contemplative practises for example meditation has actually proven to improve executive decision making, empathy, memory and reduces fear and anxiety. In a purely logical argument, involving persuasion, rhetoric, where people try to outwit, overcome each other in a debate in useless.
@intelliGENeration15 жыл бұрын
perfect lectures for religious people
@kingofaikido12 жыл бұрын
I agree.. next question?
@xFuBaRxSkilLz12 жыл бұрын
@stiaa04 Yes, I take what i said back about there being no more Einsteins. And my perspective changed a little from when I last commented. There really isn't a right or wrong answer to this. For example: Being a bosses assistant might call for being more creative to give him more ideas. And if you are a boss you might gain from being a concrete thinker. And you brought forth really good facts that got me thinking. Thanks!
@Frostbite102115 жыл бұрын
i am only doing this for english. jk guys great video. Looking forward to improve my intellectual ability and enhance the speed and accuracy of my thought process.
@kyraocity2 жыл бұрын
<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="270">4:30</a> -<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="440">7:20</a> questions for clarity. Elaboration. Illustration. Exemplified. Give a concrete vs abstract example
@TheD2D2115 жыл бұрын
I agree with aimson. Most people who mock these lectures do not understand them, thus merely showing for the rest of us who do grasp the significance of the lecture how ignorant they really are.
@jaimesandoval198815 жыл бұрын
He looks like Ken Stabler! Good info!
@goktu0113 жыл бұрын
@1Mperios Continued: So, Critical thinking is an ability. If you are positively disposed to use this skill, then you improve this skill. It works like a habit. Just if you are positively disposed and improved you skill of interpretation, evaluation, analysis, and synthesis, than mean you became more and more critical in thinking (Critical Theory). This theory is supported by John DEWEY and Kurt LEVIN. In addition, I am not talking about neglecting love but rather escaping from freedom.
@muf14 жыл бұрын
that it strange. i remember in the soviet union, there was an opinion among university professors that students who have a hard time thinking join the philosophy programs, and those who know how to think, join precise science programs.
@LetReasonPrevail113 жыл бұрын
Further, if people thought critically, most religions would fade to myth. As a result, people would be allowed to focus on making the most out of our one & only life (as far as anyone rightly knows) instead of obsessing about which afterlife party they are going to be admitted to. Cheers and let reason prevail
@carolynscott90074 жыл бұрын
I'd like to find videos of people having conversation using these standards. What does it look and sound like?
@DoorThief3 жыл бұрын
Asking more questions than usual, pointing out areas that are unclear, assumptions or concepts not explicitly stated, or perhaps discovering sophistic tactics at play such as the use of logical fallacies.
@cmfluteguy12 жыл бұрын
@TheSpiritualMolecule Baloney, Emotion and rationality are not mutually exclusive. That too can be demonstrated succinctly via the sentential calculus. One can be very emotional and still be completely logical.
@RizzoWonka11 жыл бұрын
That was clear enough...
@MrTristandestry14 жыл бұрын
What if the mind does not know (or cannot tell) if it is "unclear, vague, fuzzy, muddled, and confused"?
@Kostly11 жыл бұрын
Yes. Indefinitely. It's only a matter of time. But, I don't think the idea of a higher power would be abolished. That idea is impossible to escape unless you wholly ignore it. Which I can't, as I'm a critical thinking person. :)
@Findsomthingright11 жыл бұрын
A famous British paleontologist, Derek V. Ager, admits this fact, even though he is an evolutionist: The point emerges that if we examine the fossil record in detail, whether at the level of orders or of species, we find-over and over again-not gradual evolution, but the sudden explosion of one group at the expense of another.
@kingofaikido12 жыл бұрын
Concepts come from experience. Conservative and liberal experiences, not to mention mystical experiences are different culturally. A concept is 'interpreted' differently. Concepts therefore do not have steady, permanent definitions. Read George Lakoff's 'Looks like an Elephant' or his longer 'Moral Politics', or even his more technical book on linguistics 'women, fire and dangerous things'..
@kingofaikido12 жыл бұрын
Correction: there are three types of knowledge. Perception, inference, testimony. My 'lot of words' required 'meaningful' development. Ergo, my 'lot of words' are meaningless or at least less meaningful than the development they need. Thus, the inference that you consider a certain type of 'logic' (which you obviously advocate) superior to a 'lot of words'. It's amazing to think, in this day and age, Vulcans like you still exist. Learn to be a human being, man..
@kingofaikido12 жыл бұрын
If I say ´satori´ or ´enlightnement´ or ´moksha´ or ´nirvana´..these words have different meanings in different contexts. The primary misunderstanding comes from the West, that likes to think that finding definitions of these experiences, turning them into concepts that can be talked about it a way of understanding them. Each time they do this, they reduce the infinite experience into a finite set of words. The reality of practises, motivations, humanity behind them get lost in academic games.
@wickedinsight14 жыл бұрын
@KooorbanDallas i agree :)
@kingofaikido12 жыл бұрын
I am saying the continuum from vagueness to clarity exists, but there are a variety of frames of this continuum. Vagueness to you is not vagueness to me, depending on the cultural context. Interpreters always face this problem. You can´t translate terms that have no meaning in another culture. You can only find an approximate equivalent. This is why when you read a translation and it sounds perfect, a work of genius, you can thank the translator, rather than the original writer..
@YAMAHADIVERSION3312 жыл бұрын
@kingofaikido " 'Clarity' presents a false front of clarity." [A] presents a false front of [A]... Well let's have some fun and think of substitutes for A: gold, honesty, logic, relevance, and so on. Why is your statement valid especially for 'clarity'?
@lFlash413 жыл бұрын
@Mu5clehead Calm down, #1 he didn't say that he quoted it from the professor. #2 The professor didn't claim that either, you assumed it. #3 He implied that better candidates must have been available.
@pramodchauhan2006gma4 жыл бұрын
<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="270">4:30</a>. Clarity, cloud you elobrate, could you illustrate that, could you give example
@KurtG8512 жыл бұрын
I think its hilarious how cameramen always zoom in when they sense drama.
@socamaestro12 жыл бұрын
Who? What? When? Why? Where? How?
@JustinVazquez1430Ай бұрын
What and how should do all the lifting
@coopmuch5613 жыл бұрын
If every person on earth started to think critically, religion would be instantly abolished
@benmac211210 жыл бұрын
Take a shot every time he says the word "thinking".
@TheGetawayy8 жыл бұрын
loool 👌
@DreamBeatsBakery6 жыл бұрын
benmac2112 A shot of what? Could you be more specific on that? 😉
@chrisriley91825 жыл бұрын
@@DreamBeatsBakery haha, I get you're joking, however i find it interesting at 7:44 when Richard points out a world where that type of over-precision would be counter productive. I kind of imagine this over-precision like watching an action movie in which all contextual details are included, like the times the main characters go to the toilet, sleep etc, it would be laborious... So the enjoyment comes from assuming the context and just playing with the key ideas
@kingofaikido12 жыл бұрын
something like that..
@kingofaikido12 жыл бұрын
@kingofaikido ´Gold´: prices vary. Honesty: again, the meaning varies culturally.. Logic: different forms of logic exist, long battle that one. Relevance: again, depends who you ask. And so on... So long as one is bound within one´s own culutral ´logic´, logic takes a singular character. Check out the Buddhistis non-dual logic for e.g. A is both A and not-A. Taoism similar. Is your logic therefore uppermost in your mind? Then, ask why.. The answer makes you critical.
@MENVUNOT14 жыл бұрын
Most people don't think for themselves,they are like sheep led to the slaughter by suggestion or subliminal messages.
@cmfluteguy12 жыл бұрын
@bossscrillaguy no, that is incorrect. Listen and learn.
@aimson15 жыл бұрын
It's mostly the people that don't know how to think that will completely ignore anything related to education on how to think, thus invalidating a great deal of good these kinds of lectures do. Don't even get me started on meta-thought...
@PHONEYPOLITICS12 жыл бұрын
you mean NO BOUNDRY?
@coopmuch5611 жыл бұрын
why not
@mufyp61966 жыл бұрын
Clear Thinking is different from meaning what you say ... liars can be clear thinkers !
@aimson14 жыл бұрын
Well, this doesn't make sense because it takes precision of thinking to be a philosopher. It's no coincidence that the greatest philosophers in history were also the smartest and most thoughtful people. There is often a blur between philosophy and science - simply read the works of Albert Einstein or Carl Sagan. Perhaps the biggest difference is that philosophy is more concerned with ideas while science is more concerned with empirical knowledge. Questions, of course, are the foundation of both.
Yeah, some critical thinkers think they can think their way out of these things, rather than experience their emotional and sensational undercurrents. All thoughts arise out of sensations. Sensations cause our thoughts. Our attachment to our sensations, pleasant or unpleasant, makes us an adversarial culture. That, and attachment to 'ego'. Too bad we haven't progressed. We never learned of Alexander the Great's great regret that he had wasted everyone's time by invading India...
@MartialArtsMaster13 жыл бұрын
@nVei06 If that is your attitude then you've completely missed the point of this presentation. Critical thinking is not supposed to make you angrily condemn everyone who doesn't share your views. It is supposed to help you rationally criticize ideas you don't agree with, and always say to yourself, "Hey, there's a chance I might be wrong, and the people whose political opinions I dislike might be right. If I sociocentrically believe that my peers are always right, I am deceiving myself."
@muf14 жыл бұрын
why are there so many grown up(30+) listeners in the video?
@RandalEnglebright4 жыл бұрын
B
@kingofaikido12 жыл бұрын
@YAMAHADIVERSION33 ´A´ is different to A. Any further questions? A is not A is basic to oriental thinking. Answer: it depends on the context. Clarity is false because the idea is supposed to be like a mathematical equation like 2=2. A black man is a black man. Racism is racism. A white man however is never white. He´s usually a White Anglo-Saxon Patriarch, aka WASP. However, there are different varieties. White is therefore not white. Comprende? Speaking of your choice of words though..
@PHONEYPOLITICS12 жыл бұрын
if
@statickk1414 жыл бұрын
@redbmusic If people thought Critically then religion would not be here today as well.
@kingofaikido12 жыл бұрын
Conceptual 'clarity' is not useless. The Pentagon and the US President have a lot of clarity. War works, for example. Meditation offers a better form of clarity as it rids us entirely of the urge to be aggressive. Thinking of harming another becomes literally impossible. This is not conceptual clarity and conceptual clarity will get you nowhere fast, like a new year resolution that wanes after the first defeat..
@lesterado13 жыл бұрын
@SirWinstonChurchill Why do you say morality and religion are imaginary? I do, and almost all people do feel good and benefit from the kindness performed by others unto themselves. Please clarify. What is the psychology of error? Please enlighten. I know for one that in Confucianism, which is non-religious, that doing good is not dictated by any supernatural force, but for the collective well-being and survival for society and humankind. Thanks.
@tishaddams17625 жыл бұрын
Still clueless what critical thinking is. Well I guess I am a moron because I'm just not getting it. I took it college. Failed faked it to pass it. Still no clue. I thought by listening to his class. Can someone please tell me teach me critical thinking!!!!!!!
@CriticalThinkingOrg5 жыл бұрын
Dear tish addams, A brief definition would be 'thinking about your thinking with an aim to improve it.' A slightly more elaborate definition would be 'breaking thought down into its elements and assessing each part according to intellectual standards in order to develop positive intellectual traits over time.' If you look up the definition of critical thinking on our website (the Foundation for Critical Thinking), the concept will be explained in much more detail. There are other articles there too which will provide a lot more information about critical thinking. We hope this helps; thanks!
@tishaddams17625 жыл бұрын
Thank you. Still clueless
@tishaddams17625 жыл бұрын
Still looking ct up in and other videos, maybe I’ll get it. You’d think after 2 classes in ct, still unclear still clueless. It so crazy, I’m certainly not stupid, however my brain refuses to understand this :(. Thanks anyway.
You're referring to punctuated equilibrium, and no, it doesn't refute Evolution. Scientists will always debate various details about Evolution but the Theory itself is solid and continues to be confirmed by multiple lines of inquiry. Quote from Ager in his book The New Catastrophism: "..nothing in this book should be taken out of context & thought in any way to support the views of the 'creationists' (who I refuse to call 'scientific')". Apparently some are twisting his words for their agenda.
@kingofaikido12 жыл бұрын
? where is the explanation? I must have missed it? Concept equals concept doesn't do it for me I'm afraid. A=A, where's the context there. Perhaps if you'd mentioned Aristotle, then I might give you half points.
@tishaddams17625 жыл бұрын
Now looking at the comments, fuck I must got it wrong. If the comments reflect critical thinking I'm fucked
@kingofaikido12 жыл бұрын
Your imperfections are yours. Don't know what they are so I can't comment. If thinking critically helps you sort out your oranges and pears, who am I to complain? But, you must see the cultural logic inside the techniques you use. It's likely the result will be a false sense of security. Clarity of thinking on the surface, a boiling cauldron of contradictions in the deep.
@Maartenn10014 жыл бұрын
;it's wrong
@coimbralaw Жыл бұрын
Your existence is wrong. F**k you.
@TheEternalUniverse14 жыл бұрын
im not trying to be black
@TheSouless4413 жыл бұрын
@Mu5clehead Hate to say it, but anyone who actually obtains a real Master Degree is techinically smarter than President Bush. Just sayin.. ;p
@doombybbr11 жыл бұрын
more likely people would just ignore the subject of religion the second it happens, then TheAmazingAtheist would lose a job.
@jfarr20610 жыл бұрын
Scientific Theories don't get to be Theories unless they have withstood rigorous tests of critical thought at the highest level. The reason the Theory of Evolution is a fact of science is because it has been subjected to peer review and has withstood falsification from every relevant branch of science. It sounds like you probably haven't done much research into the scientific literature. I'd like to suggest Jerry Coyne's "Why Evolution is True". Or consult an evolutionary biologist.