Critical Thinking.Skills

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Nobody is an absolute beginner when it comes
to critical thinking. Our most everyday activities
require us to make use of some of the basic skills
involved in critical thinking, such as:
working out whether we believe what we see
or hear;
taking steps to find out whether something is
likely to be true;
arguing our own case if someone doesn't
believe us.
However, just because we can think critically
this doesn't mean we always do, or that we do it
well. This is to be expected, as we don't need to
employ the same level of critical thinking for
everything we do.
For everyday activities, we take a certain amount
on trust, and this saves us from having to
recheck every detail. We have to decide on how
much information is really required and what
level of doubt is acceptable for each new
circumstance. The levels and types of knowledge
we need vary depending on the task, such as
whether we are simply switching on a light,
inventing a new form of electrical circuit or
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