HEIDE CRISTY V.

PORNIA ED 701 (Section 3)

Topic 4: Why Does Critical Thinking Matter?

REFLECTION

Philosophy is "love of wisdom," which signifies a desire to learn and comprehend

something. The quality of my life, as I have experienced it, is proportional to the quality
of my thinking. I need to be able to analyze and discern what is going on in a particular
circumstance in order to assess my role and the consequences of any actions I take. This
necessitates that I and others around me should arrange our thoughts, integrate the facts at
hand, discern between truth and opinion, and then consider alternative consequences. I've
seen how the quality of our decisions determines the majority of our quality of life, but
the quality of our thoughts is as important. Critical thinking, in my opinion, is an amazing
technique for better understanding ourselves and learning to master our thoughts. We
don't immediately accept all alternative outcomes and arguments when we practice
critical thinking. Instead, we're more inclined to ponder all of the conceivable
consequences and counter-arguments. We want to go deeper into things and see evidence
of viable solutions and consequences. The capacity 'to reason' refers to one's ability to
think rationally or logically, since critical thinking is the mental act of examining or
assessing information. We can communicate our ideas more successfully if we think
clearly and carefully. Critical thinking can help you and me assess our strengths and
weaknesses so that we will know what we have to offer others and where we could use
improvement. Instead of responding emotionally to an issue, we may use critical thinking
skills to learn from it, avoid it from happening again, come up with a logical, effective
solution, and make better judgments in the future.