The Art of Asking Essential Questions by Linda Elder & RICHARD PAUL

Author:Linda Elder & RICHARD PAUL
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Publisher: The Foundation for Critical Thinking
Published: 2019-09-23T16:00:00+00:00

Questioning Clarity and Precision

One of the most common problems in addressing complex questions arises when the question at issue is unclear. When the question is unclear or vague, thinking has no clear guide. It wanders without a clear sense of relevance. Thoughts are scattered. But when we take time to clarify a question, we are better able to settle it. We make clear to ourselves the intellectual task at hand and what that task requires of us.

One of the most effective strategies is to add details to the question, to break it down, and to be more exact. We disentangle questions best treated separately. We notice relations and overlap between distinguishable sub-questions.

Consider the following, and the multiple meanings the question might have, depending on the context and situation within which we are asking it. By making the question more precise, we are better able to answer it:

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