> On 20 Mar 2015, at 2:06 pm, meekerdb <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> On 3/19/2015 7:59 PM, Kim Jones wrote:
>> Don't forget, the word "critical" does Have two meanings and people
>> sometimes intentionally confuse them because you can. "Critical" often gets
>> used sloppily to mean "extremely important in some sense" yet it really
>> denotes a negatively judgemental state of mind. "Critical" comes from the
>> Greek "kritikos" which means "judge". So, critical thinking is judgement
>> thinking and that is the usual meaning of the word
>
> The two meanings are closely related. What is "extremely important" is the
> crux of the situation about which one must make a decision, based on one's
> judgement, and resolve the crisis.
>
> Brent
What if there is no crisis? What if you are merely exposing an idea for others
to in some way "appreciate"? Why does such a situation appear to warrent the
kind of thinking we use in crisis situations?
The use of critical thinking as a way of going forward is a bit like walking
around with your gun holster showing. It's an affectation, actually. Can be
sexy, in the way that gunslingers were sexy with their slouch. But gunslingers
are dangerous people.
Kim
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