This is actually a really interesting way of thinking about critical thinking!
Definitely never thought of it that way before ...
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My distaste of frameworks mostly stems from fear that it would lock me into certain ways of seeing the world. Which *has* bitten me (and my colleagues) in the past.
I buy ’s argument that sitting with the messiness of uncertainty is important.
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But would you call this ability critical thinking?
It’s an interesting thought, but I’m not so sure …
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Critical doesn’t capture the scope. You could frame it as sense of awareness and focused thinking.
IMHO, You will never be boxed into a model if you have awareness as your core trait.
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I think the original framing is inside-out; experience is the result of mediation.
IMO the question is always "What framework do we believe we're using and is it different from what we're in-fact using?"
From William James' "Principles of Psychology" (1890), Ch. 11:
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This thread resonates with me. I used to despise frameworks and mental models.
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I changed my view of frameworks and mental models somewhat. Because the values of a frameworks is precisely in filtering things out. Very often you need to filter some things out to see the important bits.
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is famous for his theory of disruption, but IMO, Christensen developed a framework for how to validate theories. In three of his books he talks about it:
The InnovatorsDilemma
Seeing What’s Next
How Will You Measure Your Life
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IMO, is the one who has best distilled Clay's process of how to build a theory, in two of his essays, How Well Do You Compare and Cultivating Your Judgment Skills, he describes it in detail:
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