Critical thinking, by definition, involves elements of logic and perception. Without logic, one cannot complete a critical thought. Encarta dictionary defines logic as: "The branch of philosophy that deals with the theory of deductive and inductive arguments and aims to distinguish good from bad reasoning." In critical thinking, the ability to reason is more important than intelligence.
This paper will explain how logic and critical thinking relate to each other, as well as how personal experience has influenced the author's personal perceptual blocks and how they may affect the critical thinking process.
How Logic Relates to Critical Thinking:
In an excerpt from Robert Todd Carroll's book, "Becoming a Critical Thinker", Carroll uses a scenario that explains how logic is used by critical thinkers in a crisis situation. In the scenario, a security agent at a major airport is told by a celebrity psychic that she had a vision that there is a bomb on one of the planes. The agent......
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