Critical thinking and creativity go hand in hand. Critical thinking lets you look objectively at a problem, issue, object, or person and take into consideration the entire picture. Creativity enables you to take that entire picture and look at it in a new way. While some may think of critical thinking as more scientific, while creative thinking is more abstract, they’re more alike than they are different.
The creative person is likely to be seen as an imaginative and emotional type such as artists, writers, and philosophers. A critical thinker is more likely to be thought of as a scientific genius who may be skeptical and lacking in imagination and creativity. Actually, both types are masters of the thought process.
The reasoning process of critical thinking shows imagination to be able to proceed to the next level. Critical thinking is present in creativity by carrying the thought process further than critical thinking logic and presenting it in a creative light. Great critical thinking minds such as Thomas Edison and Benjamin Franklin could never have brought their inventions to light without the streaks of creative thinking that took them beyond the realm of logic.
Here are some attributes that are similar in both critical and creative thinkers:
· Interested in exploring new possibilities.
· Challenge assumptions and standard ways of thinking.
· Imagining alternatives to a situation or problem.
· Have multiple perspectives on everything.
· Use trial and error experimentation methods.
· Thinks about new ways of doing things.
The phases involved in critical and creative thinking are also similar. For example, both types of thinking are triggered by a thought or even that takes the thinking process outside the realm of common thinking.
Then, the thoughts are appraised and clarified, opening the door for ways to explore the thought and how to present it to others. This leads the way to develop alternative ways to think and then implement the thinking process through inventions, writing, art, or ideas.
Both types of thinking also require a large measure of self-confidence and the ability to think of and present multiple ways to view a situation or problem. To promote both critical and creative thinking a person should have an inquiring mind that drives them to read, to engage in out-of-the-box thinking, and to try things that are outside what they would usually do to try.
Critical and creative thinking can complement each other by bringing new ideas and ways of thinking into your life.
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