What you’ll learn to do: define critical thinking and its role in your education
The essence of the independent mind lies not in what it thinks, but in how it thinks.
—Christopher Hitchens, author and journalist
By the end of this section, you will be able to explain critical thinking, describe the role that logic plays in critical thinking, and identify how critical thinking skills can be used to evaluate information. You’ll also define information literacy and describe how critical thinking skills can be used to solve problems by identifying strategies for developing yourself as a critical thinker.
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