We, unsurprisingly, found ourselves with a temporal deficiency and therefore did not get to address any of the questions raised in our Q&As. This, therefore, will be the first segment in a two part series addressing my questions.
In our brief examination of differing definitions of critical thinking, it was not uncommon to find, attached to the end of the list of necessary and sufficient conditions, a condition of intent. "With the aim of improving..." "To the end of..." etc...
This idea of a telos, an end to which the critical thinking is directed, is rather commonsensical. It is difficult to imagine critical thought for no reason, but to stipulate a specific intent as a necessary condition is arbitrary and unnecessary. All critical thinkers must be critically thinking for the same reason?
Question: Must thinking, to be critical, be directed toward some specific end?
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