CRITICAL THINKING VS DECISION MAKING

People time and again think of things in no more than one aspect. The ability to look at situations in various aspects enables one to think critically and make decisions. Is there a variation between critical thinking and decision-making? One might think critical thinking and decision-making go “hand in hand.” Based on my own personal experience, I find that this is not always the case. This paper will examine the relationship between critical thinking and decision-making and how they relate to each other.
“Critical thinking is a special kind of thinking devoted to the evaluation of ideas. More specifically, it relates to testing the accuracy of statements and the soundness of the reasoning that links them.” (Ruggiero, 1998, 144) Browne and Keeley, authors of Asking the Right Questions: A Guide to Critical Thinking define critical thinking as an awareness of a set of interrelated critical questions, plus the ability and willingness to ask and answer them at appropriate ...