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Guided Study Group: Critical Thinking Foundations and Why They Are Essential to Reasonable Living - Dr. Gerald Nosich
You are what you think. Whatever you do, whatever you feel, whatever you want, whatever you learn – all are heavily influenced by your thinking.
The problems we increasingly face in human education, business, society, and daily life demand thinking that is complex, adaptable, and sensitive to divergent points of view. The world now requires that we continually relearn, routinely rethink our decisions, and regularly reevaluate the ways in which we work and live. In short, the reality we now face is one in which the power of the mind to command itself, to regularly engage in competent analysis and evaluation, is increasingly determining the quality of our learning, our professional endeavors, and our lives.
Since few people understand the powerful role that thinking plays in their lives, few ever gain significant command of it. Therefore, most people are frequent victims of their own thinking, harmed rather than helped by it. They are often their own worst enemies; their reasoning acts as a continual source of problems, preventing them from recognizing opportunities, keeping them from exerting energy where it would do the most good, poisoning their relationships, and leading them down blind alleys.
This study group will help participants begin to internalize the foundational concepts inherent in a rich, explicit, universally-applicable framework for critical thinking. It will focus on how these conceptual foundations are necessary for anyone aspiring to live a reliably reasonable, effective manner, and it will focus on ways to actively apply critical thinking in your daily life. This study group, in other words, will offer potent concepts and tools for working toward your goals and ambitions, making better decisions, and understanding where others are trying to influence your thinking (for better or worse). It will help you take charge of whatever you do in your professional and personal life, how you relate to others, and even what emotions you feel.
Discover and leverage the power of critical thinking to learn more, accomplish more significant personal goals, become a better problem-solver, become less subject to manipulation, and more – in other words, to live a fuller, happier, more secure life.
