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To: i-node who wrote (42542)	10/29/2017 4:06:39 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 362590

This is someone's definition of a "critical thinker." I don't think it was intended as a definition. The statement is part of an article on how critical thinking benefits practitioners. What something is and how something operates in the field are different aspects of the thing. Critical thinking is the objective analysis of facts to form a judgment. [1] The subject is complex, and there are several different definitionswhich generally include the rational, skeptical, unbiased analysis or evaluation of factual evidence. It lacks the requirement of "amiability"... "Amiable skeptic" was the term used, the "amiable" modifier indicating not a separate trait but the absence of harshness in one's expression of skepticism. Skepticism sometimes implies hostility or stubbornness, which would be inconsistent with critical thinking.