03 Jun Syntopical Thinking
Syntopical thinking, also known as synthesis, is the touchstone of a liberal arts education and syntopical reading is the most important type of reading in the Humanities so that we may form the most informed evaluative positions about the works that we explore. In fact, according to Bloom’s taxonomy, synthesis, evaluation and creation are usually considered among the highest level critical thinking skills that we aspire to in education.
For more information, please visit Bloom’s Taxonomy of Cognitive Levels
We recommend students research more on the levels of cognition and notice how analysis, synthesis, evaluation and creation are some of the higher level thinking skills plumbed in this course. Moreover, please respect the copyright and terms of use displayed on the webpage above.
“By this it appears how necessary it is for any man that aspires to true knowledge to examine the definitions of former authors; and either to correct them, where they are negligently set down, or to make them himself.”
-Hobbes, Leviathan
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