critical thinking

Summary

critical thinking ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,364 views/month).^[1]

Key Facts

• critical thinking is a type of reasoning^[2].
• critical thinking is a type of evaluation^[3].
• critical thinking is part of psychological terminology^[4].
• critical thinking is part of philosophy of education^[5].
• critical thinking's Commons category is recorded as Critical thinking^[6].
• critical thinking's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Critical thinking^[7].
• critical thinking's facet of is recorded as thought^[8].
• critical thinking's facet of is recorded as critique^[9].
• critical thinking's partially coincident with is recorded as reflective practice^[10].
• critical thinking's uses is recorded as systematic process^[11].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include reasoning^[2] and evaluation^[3].

Use and Application

Part of include psychological terminology^[4] and philosophy of education^[5], a branch of philosophy^[12].

Why It Matters

critical thinking ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,364 views/month).^[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[13] It is known by 54 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[14]