The Critical Thinking

6. Judges well the quality of an argument, including its reasons, assumptions, evidence, and their degree of support for the conclusion 7. Can well developand defend a reasonable position regarding a belief or an action, doing justice to challenges (Note that this conception of critical thinking is not negative. It is also not mere persuasion, thou... gh critical thought will often be persuasive but perhaps not often enough the challenge of this century.) Developed (revised 11/26/10) by Robert H. Ennis, Professor Emeritus, Univ. of Illinois. rhennis@illinois.eduRead More