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Outline and assess Plato's defence of philosophy understood as critical thinking
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Ashley Dawes 0367004 R. Baron Outline and assess Plato's defence of philosophy understood as critical thinking Critical thinking has been described as 1 'the capacity people have to question beliefs and presuppositions...with a view to giving reasons for them'. Critical thinking is a procedure for understanding and then evaluating the support for a certain view. It involves rational decision in whether to believe or disbelieve the point, and it also involves accepting or rejecting certain evidence. Your own point of view must be made when you have considered all the points of view and thought about the plus points and negative points of the argument. Bruce Young also says: 2 "To question facts "radically" is not to deny or doubt them but to inquire into their significance". Philosophy can be seen as a second-order activity, as it deals with theories, concepts and beliefs, whereas first-order studies only deal with facts. Open discussion is mainly used...
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