Great thread!
Can't wait to really read it in detail. Until then, here is a short list of critical thinking skills that everyone should have in their toolkit:
- Analyzing for assumptions
- Analyzing evidence
- Analyzing arguments (the validity of statements)
- Asking effective questions
- Classifying
- Comparing and contrasting
- Deductive reasoning
- Evaluating sources (for reliability and bias)
- Finding causes
- Inductive reasoning (generalizing)
- Inferring
- Organizing information
- Predicting (scientific predictions, not astrology or palm reading, in case you were wondering)
- Problem solving
- Reasoning by analogy
- Recognizing patterns
- Synthesizing
- Understanding models