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  2. Critical thinking - Wikipedia

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    Critical thinking is the process of analyzing available facts, evidence, observations, and arguments to make sound conclusions or informed choices. It involves recognizing underlying assumptions, providing justifications for ideas and actions, evaluating these justifications through comparisons with varying perspectives, and assessing their rationality and potential consequences. [1]

  3. Essay - Wikipedia

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    An argumentative essay is a critical piece of writing, aimed at presenting objective analysis of the subject matter, narrowed down to a single topic. The main idea of all the criticism is to provide an opinion either of positive or negative implication. As such, a critical essay requires research and analysis, strong internal logic and sharp ...

  4. Critical précis - Wikipedia

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    Introduction Cites the main text of work being analyzed, similar to a typical essay lead paragraph Body Explanation of key ideas, concepts and phrases, demonstrating the implied significance and purpose of the text using direct examples of how the author supports the thesis, often relating or contrasting to the reader's assumptions (this is not a creative interpretation)

  5. Literary criticism - Wikipedia

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    Internet Public Library: Literary Criticism Collection of Critical and Biographical Websites; How to Do Literary Analysis: An Experimental Reflection Based on the Yellow Wall-Paper; Truman Capote Award for Literary Criticism Award Winners; Richards, I. A. (1928), Principles of literary criticism. United States: Harcourt, Brace and Company.

  6. Critical reading - Wikipedia

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    Critical reading is a form of language analysis that does not take the given text at face value, but involves a deeper examination of the claims put forth as well as the supporting points and possible counterarguments. The ability to reinterpret and reconstruct for improved clarity and readability is also a component of critical reading.

  7. Problematization - Wikipedia

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    Problematization is the core of his “history of thought” which stands in sharp contrast to "history of ideas" ("the analysis of attitudes and types of action") as well as "history of mentalities" ("the analysis of systems of representation"). [4]

  8. Critical theory - Wikipedia

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    Critical Legal Thinking A Critical Legal Studies website which uses Critical Theory in an analysis of law and politics. L. Corchia, Jürgen Habermas. A Bibliography: works and studies (1952–2013) , Pisa, Edizioni Il Campano – Arnus University Books, 2013, 606 pages.

  9. Critical understanding - Wikipedia

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    The notion of critical understanding is closely related to the concept of Critical Thinking, described as, ‘reasonable reflective thinking focused on deciding what to believe or do.’ [7] Critical thinking has also been described as, ‘thinking about thinking’, [8] specifically in relation to John Dewey’s work on ‘the problem of training thought’. [9]