In regards to domestic violence, and the supposedly evil men who perpetrate it: Too many people attack the branches of evil, aka the effects, and do not analyze issues thoroughly enough to go to the roots, which are the actual causes. “There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root.” ~Henry David Thoreau Emotionally and intellectually stunted thinking is the issue […] Read more »
Is Arguing Critical Thinking?
Arguing your point is not critical thinking, that’s a competitive debate. Critical thinking is the ongoing [open ended] objective discovery of truth in a systematic fashion, and requires standards of thought, various tools and methodologies of inquiry, and a myriad of character traits that places the pursuit of truth above personal feelings and biases. However, arguing is usually engaged in because of biases and emotional attachments to particular outcomes that […] Read more »