text: Absolutely, critical thinking involves taking a logical approach to whatever answer you are trying to come up with by thinking critically.  It means you have to approach whatever problem you are trying to solve and think about it logically.  Go through all the details of the problem and question, sort through the various options or theories and pick which one most logically seems to fit.\n\nHere's a fairly accurate definition: s a term used to refer to those kinds of mental activity that are clear, precise, and purposeful. It is typically associated with solving complex real world problems, generating multiple (or creative) solutions to a problem, drawing inferences, synthesizing and integrating information, distinguishing between fact and opinion, or estimating potential outcomes, but it can also refer to the process of evaluating the quality of one's own thinking.