Critical Reasoning Discussion Forum

1 Critical Reasoning Discussion Forum Option 1 Being a fair-minded thinker refers to an individual’s ability to analyze scenarios from different perspectives without being necessarily blinded by personal emotions, which enables him or her to think outside the box. Fair-minded thinkers acknowledge that their reality may not be the reality for others. Fair-minded thinkers do not tangle themselves with subjectivity and unified focus. Elder and Paul (2013) point out that such thinkers tend to apply critical thinking at a hierarchy level in which they interpret, analyze and criticize from different points of view to come with a concrete; overall interpretation of what the case may be.

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2 Elder and Paul (2013) further make it known that fair-mindedness requires treating all viewpoints alike, without reference to personal feelings or selfish interest, or the feelings or vested interests of our friends, community, nation, or species.

The intellectual standards include clarity, accuracy, precision, context, relevance, depth, breadth, significance, logical and fairness (Elder & Paul, 2019). A deeper look into these intellectual standards leads us into the arguments regarding structure for critical thinking as put

by Elder and Paul (2013). They are best defined as a hierarchy structure in which each element (standard) is infused to achieve better reasoning in critical thinking development. I can say that there is no particular element in which I struggle more than the other when applying critical thinking techniques. With regards to my case, I believe that it really depends on the situation I find myself in. While I have a significant understating of the concept of each intellectual element, applying them is a different story. In order to improve in your critical thinking, one needs to practice extensively.

3 References Elder, L., & Paul, R. (2013). Critical thinking: intellectual standards essential to reasoning well within every domain of thought. Journal of Developmental Education, 36(3), 34-35.

Elder, L., & Paul, R. (2019). The thinker's guide to intellectual standards: The words that name them and the criteria that define them. Rowman & Littlefield.