5 Critical thinking
This chapter covers
- The five steps of a typical creative process
- Focused and diffuse thinking modes
- Using creativity as the means or the goal, depending on the intentions
- Common critical thinking fallacies
The chaotic mixture of loud voices and fragrant spices marks yet another busy day at the agora, the hub of the ancient Athenian empire. Shopkeepers are engaged in a fierce bidding war to get rid of their dried fish, olives, sandals, dirt on local politicians, amphorae, goat milk, lawsuits, givers of evidence, figs, and bread. You want something; they’ve got it. In the midst of the yelling and cursing, a stocky and aging man—barefooted and flat nosed, almost unkempt—felt right at home. Socrates peppered every single being ...
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