"Critical thinking is the intellectually disciplined process of actively and skillfully conceptualizing, applying, analyzing, synthesizing, and/or evaluating information gathered from, or generated by, observation, experience, reflection, reasoning, or communication, as a guide to belief and action." (Michael Scriven & Richard Paul)
"Critical thinking...the awakening of the intellect to the study of itself." (criticalthinking.org)
"disciplined thinking that is clear, rational, open-minded, and informed by evidence" (dictionary.com)
"Critical thinking is a set of skills and attitudes that are deployed selectively to evaluate arguments (reasons and their companion conclusions) according to explicit standards of rationality." (ius.edu)"The process of independently analyzing, synthesizing, and evaluating information as a guide to behavior and beliefs." (about.com)
After doing my research, I think that critical thinking is obviously a deeper form of thinking; but it seems like you can make up any type of definition that you want because of the ambiguity of the phrase critical thinking.
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