ANALYTICAL THINKING
ANALYTICAL THINKING
by
Dr. Ayman Amer
Assistant Professor
Faculty of Literature, Cairo University
Version Two
January 2004
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Definition of Analytical Thinking 5
1.1Introduction 5
Chapter 2: Analytical Thinking vs. Synthetical Thinking 7
2.1 Importance to Use Synthetical Thinking with Analytical Thinking 7
2.2 Difference between Analytical Thinking and Synthetical Thinking 8
Chapter 3: Analytical Thinking as a Component of Systemic Thinking 10
3.1 Definition of Systemic Thinking and Its Importance 10
3.2 Distinctions of Systemic Thinking. 10
2.3 The Fundamental Assumption of Systemic Thinking. 10
3.4 The Systemic Thinking Process 11
3.5 Barrier to Systemic Thinking 12
3.6 The Systemic Thinking as a Combination of Analytical Thinking and Synthetical Thinking. 12
3.7 A Comparison of Systemic and Analytical Thinking 13
3.8 Moving From Analytical to Systemic Thinking 14
Chapter 4: Analytical Thinking as a Component of Critical Thinking 15
4.1 Definition of Critical Thinking 15
4.2 The Role of Emotions in Analytical Thinking and Critical Thinking 15
Chapter 5: Analytical Thinking and Creative Thinking 17
5.1 Definition of Creative Thinking 17
5.2 Analytical Thinking Assists Creativity 17
5.3 Difference between Analytical Thinking and Creative Thinking 17
5.4 Analytical Thinking as a Component of Creative Problem Solving 21
Chapter 6: Analytical Thinking as a Style 23
6.1 Characteristics of Analytical style 23
6.3 Characteristics of Critical Thinking 26
6.3 Characteristics of Creative Thinking 27
Chapter 7: Analytical Techniques 30
7.1 Decomposable Matrices 30
7.2 Dimensional Analysis 32
7.3 Input-Output 35
7.4 Organized Random Search 37
7.5 Relevance Systems 38
References 42