Critical thinking means incorporating rather than defeating adversary positions

Evidence

Thinking is an internal dialogue between two or more different views of the world. Viewpoint One is an avatar in a simulated world. It has its own representations of past, present and future, and its own ideas about how to act. So do Viewpoints Two, and Three, and Four. Thinking is the process by which these internal avatars imagine and articulate their worlds to one another. — Jordan B. Peterson, 12 Rules for Life An Antidote to Chaos, 727 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Collaborative thought is qualitatively different from individual writing and critical-dialogical engagement deepens understanding — Collective Writing: The Continuous Struggle for Meaning-Making; Analytic thinking style independently predicts lower religious belief.; True thinking requires an internal dialogue among conflicting viewpoints. — Jordan B. Peterson, 12 Rules for Life An Antidote to Chaos, 727

Related

• True thinking requires an internal dialogue among conflicting viewpoints. (similarity 0.88)
• Productive intellectual conflict requires explicit procedural manners of engagement. (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• True thinking requires an internal dialogue among conflicting viewpoints. #expands (0.92) — Jordan B. Peterson, 12 Rules for Life An Antidote to Chaos, 727
• Analytic thinking style independently predicts lower religious belief. #exemplifies (0.72)