Lessons From Critical Thinkers Quotes

“He believed that old ideas about how the mind and knowledge should work were outdated,”
― Albert Rutherford, Lessons From Critical Thinkers: Methods for Clear Thinking and Analysis in Everyday Situations from the Greatest Thinkers in History

“Francis Bacon and Critical Thinking”
― Albert Rutherford, Lessons From Critical Thinkers: Methods for Clear Thinking and Analysis in Everyday Situations from the Greatest Thinkers in History

“It's often used to predict future events or behaviors. Bacon”
― Albert Rutherford, Lessons From Critical Thinkers: Methods for Clear Thinking and Analysis in Everyday Situations from the Greatest Thinkers in History

“This was a revolutionary change from deductive reasoning as espoused by Aristotle, which is what makes Bacon so interesting as a philosopher. He believed the best way to acquire scientific knowledge was to observe phenomena and use inductive reasoning. Inductive reasoning is the use of experimental, empirical data as premises to draw a broader conclusion.”
― Albert Rutherford, Lessons From Critical Thinkers: Methods for Clear Thinking and Analysis in Everyday Situations from the Greatest Thinkers in History

“anything you could possibly learn is the answer to a question”
― Albert Rutherford, Lessons From Critical Thinkers: Methods for Clear Thinking and Analysis in Everyday Situations from the Greatest Thinkers in History