HILLARY AOL

SCT-256-039/2019
BSC. RENEWABLE ENERGY AND TECHNOLOGY

QUIZ; What is the relationship between critical and creative thinking? (30mks)
INTRODUCTION
Whereas creative thinking is divergent, critical thinking is convergent; whereas creative thinking tries to create
something new, critical thinking seeks to assess worth or validity in something that exists; whereas creative thinking
is carried on by violating accepted principles, critical thinking is carried on by applying accepted principles.
Although creative and critical thinking may very well be different sides of the same coin they are not identical.
DISCUSSION

The contrast between innovative reasoning versus basic reasoning.

 Criticality and creativity are, but two sides of the same thinking coin. They are so
intertwined that neither can exist without the other.

 The thinking moves back and forth especially in the process of problem solving, each
phase (critical and creative phases) reinforcing each other.

 When critical thinking judges that something is wanting in the solution that had been
offered to a problem on a held position, further generative thinking i.e. creative
thinking is called forth to improve the situation.

 Again the products of creative thinking must be evaluated so as to determine their

worth or unworthiness as pertains to their effectiveness, constructiveness or even
destructiveness. Thus, creative thinking provides materials for critical thinking.

 The alternating activity between critical and creative thinking is especially

important in intellectual matters where excellence Is the goal.

 Creative thinking offers material for critical thinking. Critical thinking in turn
sharpens the products of creativity. Thus, it can be said that without creativity,
critical thinking is blind, and without criticality, creativity is blunt.
 You can consider them reciprocal abilities which you use as various stages when
attempting to take care of an issue or shaping a judgment about something.
 Basic reasoning is the capacity to plainly and consistently consider data that is
introduced to us.
 Innovative believing is tied in with producing new, novel, or valuable thoughts.
 The incredible trailblazers join basic reasoning and inventive reasoning. Old world
points of view with new world thoughts.
 How about we take a gander at how these various perspectives can associate with other.

Basic Thinking – The Socratic Method

One basic yet successful basic reasoning procedure is the Socratic technique named after the
Ancient Greek logician Socrates. It depends on posing and noting inquiries to animate basic
intuition and to draw out thoughts and hidden presuppositions or facts.

Presently ask yourself whose perspective on the book is valid? Is it the essayist or the painter or
the book-cover? For each situation, we are seeing various forms of reality. This permits a
majority of renditions of reality to coincide without being in strain with one another.

By continually utilizing our basic speculation capacities to pose inquiries according to alternate
points of view (or partaking in banters with those of different perspectives) we progressively
start to show up at a more clear and more intelligent comprehension of reality. This is the
reason there is esteem in a majority of thoughts or viewpoints and encircle yourself with the
individuals who see the world in an unexpected way.

There is a risk to review an issue or a test or a thought from one worldview. As the essayist,
Mark Twain said, “To a man with a sledge, all that resembles a nail”.

Your basic reasoning will just take you up until now. It empowers you to see the issue according
to alternate points of view yet it doesn’t concoct new arrangements. That is the place where
inventive speculation comes in.

Inventive Thinking
Inventive believing is tied in with considering alternate points of view or realities and afterward
carrying ground breaking plans to the brain. Advancement is then about carrying these ground
breaking plans to the world.

On account of our book in the event that we get back to our unique inquiry of ‘what is the
motivation behind a book’ then we may conclude that a book is essentially one psyche putting
down their considerations and experiences regarding a matter. We would then be able to pose
an alternate arrangement of inquiries like ‘does this one brain must be human’. Could man-
made reasoning compose a superior book? Could I co-compose a book with an AI? Is the
composed word even the best technique for getting across a thought today or am I better to
share this story or my experiences in a more experiential ?

Whenever you are hoping to tackle an issue explore different avenues regarding how you can
consolidate your basic reasoning and your imaginative reasoning. Maybe you have a colleague is
super creative while you are more basic or logical. Incredible, by working together you can see
issues and arrangements according to alternate points.