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[[File:Gavel.jpg|thumbnail|right|250px|Evidence-based thinking is used in the field of [[law]].]]
[[File:Gavel.jpg|thumbnail|right|250px|Evidence-based thinking is used in the field of [[law]].]]
'''Evidence-based thinking''' is a mental process that uses the best available evidence to make sound decisions. It uses [[Inference to the Best Explanation|inferences to the best explanations]]. It is often used in many fields, including science, engineering, healthcare, law, education, and business.
'''Evidence-based thinking''' is a mental process that uses the best available evidence to make sound decisions. It uses [[Inference to the Best Explanation|inferences to the best explanations]]. It is often used in many fields, including science, engineering, healthcare, law, education, [[management]] and business.
== Evidence-based thinking process ==
== Evidence-based thinking process ==
'''1.''' Collecting sufficient evidence to make sound decisions. Ask relevant questions to guide research.
'''1.''' Collecting sufficient evidence to make sound decisions. Ask relevant questions to guide research.
'''2.''' Making sound decisions using: prioritization of facts over mere opinions, carefully weighing evidence/information using the evidence-based arguments/propositions, [[logic]], [[critical thinking]] and avoiding [[bias]]es (See also: [[Cognitive bias]] and [[Logical fallacies]]).
'''2.''' Making sound decisions using: prioritization of facts over mere opinions, carefully weighing of evidence/information using the evidence-based arguments/propositions, [[logic]], [[critical thinking]] and avoiding [[bias]]es (See also: [[Cognitive bias]] and [[Logical fallacies]]).
'''3.''' Engaging in fact-checking via careful investigation and judiciously weighing the evidence (Checking multiple sources)
'''3.''' Engaging in fact-checking via careful investigation and judiciously weighing the evidence (Checking multiple sources)
'''4.''' Challenging assumptions.
'''4.''' Challenging assumptions. See: [[Critical thinking]] and [[Falsification]] and [[Openness]] and [[Creativity]] and [[Innovation]]
'''5.''' Carefully considering multiple perspectives
'''5.''' Carefully consider multiple perspectives. See also: [[Openness]]
'''6.''' Practice [[lifelong]] learning so you have the necessary [[skill]]s and [[knowledge]] to better make sound decisions (For example, [[numeracy]]).
'''6.''' Practicing [[intellectual humility]] and [[intellectual curiosity]]
'''7.''' Practice [[lifelong learning]] so you have the necessary [[skill]]s and [[knowledge]] to better make sound decisions (For example, knowledge about sound [[reasoning]], [[math]]ematical skills, [[statistics|statistical]] skills, etc.).
== See also ==
== See also ==
[[File:Aristotle.jpg|thumb|250px|The Greek philospher [[Aristotle]] made important contributions to [[logic]], [[ethics|ethical]] deliberation, criticism, [[rhetoric]], physics, biology, and [[psychology]]. ]]
*[[Reason]]
*[[Reason]]
*[[Reasoning]]
*[[Reasoning]]
*[[Research]]
*[[Decision making]]
*[[Decision making]]
*[[Problem solving]]
*[[Problem solving]]
*[[Logical reasoning]]
*[[Intellectual curiosity]]
*[[Cause and effect]]
*[[Cause and effect]]
*[[Falsification]]
*[[Falsification]]
*[[Scientific method]]
*[[Scientific method]]
*[[Law of Non-Contradiction]]
*[[Graham's hierarchy of disagreement]]
*[[Abstract thinking]]
*[[Abstract thinking]]
*[[Evidential apologetics]] (Field of [[Christian apologetics]])
*[[Evidential apologetics]] (Field of [[Christian apologetics]])