Hi friends At the social level there are two versions of criticism: Destructive criticism and constructive.
Destructive criticism works like this: "You think so and therefore you are an idiot". Leaves the subject in an antagonistic mood and replies with arguments of more destructive invokations. Constructive critcism works like this: "You think so which is wrong because this and that. If you think about this and maybe do that you will understand better". Gives the subject a chance to answer with sound argumentation and an opportunity to think in another way. Jan-Anders > 19 jul 2014 kl. 19:23 skrev david <[email protected]>: > > > > On 16 July, ARLO said to Ian: > ...Except, what I wrote is not "criticism" by any stretch of that word. It's > a simple presentation of a process. Could I have been more elaborate? > Perhaps. But I guess I am used to working with people who wouldn't need this > process elaborated upon. Apparently, I was wrong. (Yes, you can count THAT as > "criticism".) I am tempted to point out that your reply to this, however, was > all criticism. And you didn't follow your Dennett-steps yourself. Do as I > say, not as I do, eh? (Count that as a bonus "criticism".) > > > > dmb says: > > Yea, it's frustrating that "criticism" is taken as a dirty word by some > members of this philosophy discussion group. I totally disagree with Ian's > attitude that criticism should be used very rarely, for example, and I think > Ian and John's persistent refusal to answer the standing criticisms is > completely inappropriate to the situation. Philosophy is essentially a > critical engagement with reasons and arguments. Philosophy could very well be > defined as critical thinking. I mean, the ad hominem argument is not > considered a fallacy simply because it's rude or insulting. It's not just bad > table manners. It's considered an invalid because it rejects arguments or > criticisms for reasons that are irrelevant to the arguments or criticisms. > It's prohibited because the thinking is flawed, not because philosophers are > supposed to be sweet and kind. It's rejected for intellectual reasons, not in > deference to social niceties. > > > Here's another message for John Carl, Ian, and anyone else who resents the > demands of critical thought. It's from the Wiki page on "Critical Thinking": > > > Etymology > One sense of the term critical means "crucial" or "highly important"; a > second sense derives from κριτικός (kritikos), which means "able to discern". > > > Critical thinking has been defined as: > "the process of actively and skillfully conceptualizing, applying, analyzing, > synthesizing, and evaluating information to reach an answer or conclusion" > > "disciplined thinking that is clear, rational, open-minded, and informed by > evidence" > > "reasonable reflective thinking focused on deciding what to believe or do" > > "purposeful, self-regulatory judgment which results in interpretation, > analysis, evaluation, and inference, as well as explanation of the > evidential, conceptual, methodological, criteriological, or contextual > considerations upon which that judgement is based" > > "includes a commitment to using reason in the formulation of our beliefs" > > disciplined, self-directed thinking which exemplifies the perfection of > thinking appropriate to a particular mode of domain of thinking thinking > about one's thinking in a manner designed to organize and clarify, raise the > efficiency of, and recognize errors and biases in one's own thinking. > Critical thinking is not 'hard' thinking nor is it directed at solving > problems (other than 'improving' one's own thinking). Critical thinking is > inward-directed with the intent of maximizing the rationality of the thinker. > One does not use critical thinking to solve problems - one uses critical > thinking to improve one's process of thinking. > > Skills > > The list of core critical thinking skills includes observation, > interpretation, analysis, inference, evaluation, explanation, and > metacognition. According to Reynolds (2011), an individual or group engaged > in a strong way of critical thinking gives due consideration to establish for > instance: > Evidence through observation > Context skills to isolate the problem from context > Relevant criteria for making the judgment well > Applicable methods or techniques for forming the judgment > Applicable theoretical constructs for understanding the problem and the > question at hand > In addition to possessing strong critical-thinking skills, one must be > disposed to engage problems and decisions using those skills. Critical > thinking employs not only logic but broad intellectual criteria such as > clarity, credibility, accuracy, precision, relevance, depth, breadth, > significance, and fairness > > > > > > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org/md/archives.html Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org/md/archives.html
