WEEK 4: STANDARDS OF CRITICAL THINKING

1) CLARITY
A) CLARITY OF LANGUAGE
B) CLARITY OF THOUGHT

examples
a) Islam is a weltanschauung where the Absolute liberates the Relative.

b) Malaysian Muslims should not allow the Christians to use the name Allah because they
have the conspiracy to make us confused.

2) PRECISION / ACCURACY

example

a) The independence of Persekutuan Tanah Melayu was declared in 1957.

b) The independence of Persekutuan Tanah Melayu was declared in August 1957.
c) The independence of Persekutuan Tanah Melayu was declared in 31st August 1957.
d) The independence of Persekutuan Tanah Melayu was declared in 31st August 1958.

3) RELEVANCE / CONSISTENCY

a) relevance
b) consistency: logical and practical

example

a) Smoking is not harmful in reality because some medical doctors never give up smoking.
b) Dajjal claims that he is Rasulullah and teaches people to disbelieve in the existence of God.
c) Awang claims to be Insaan Kaamil Soolih but he never observe his compulsory solats.

4) LOGICAL CORRECTNESS

example

Pork is Najis Mughallazah because it is haram to be eaten.

 5) COMPLETENESS

example

Ustaz Awang is an expert in the tafsir of the Qur’an because his kampung recognized him to be so.

6) FAIRNESS

example

I believe that the Quran is far more rational than the Bible even though I have only read the
Quran and I have not read the Bible.