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Nov 1, 2024 · Writing is a way of thinking—one that is particularly valuable to me. But even in a world where writing goes away, many types of thinking will remain, and they’ll be augmented—rather than eliminated—by AI if we so choose. But there’s a subtler idea in PG’s argument—that a certain kind of thinking is only possible through writing.
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Oct 14, 2021 · Thinking through writing makes the problem more defined and easier to solve. More often than not, a solution reveals itself, or you’ve gained a new perspective on the situation.
Writing is Thinking Editing. As a “Writing is Thinking” editor, I am first your reader. I pay close attention to your sentences and take them at face value. I help you see what you actually said (and what you did not). You are the writer and the thinker: this feedback gives you the opportunity to verify or clarify your ideas.
Writing can enhance your students’ ability to think and to analyze: to evaluate data and evidence, formulate a hypothesis, predict and generalize. I write a lot. Indeed, I perhaps write too much. But I’m not alone. Journalism as a profession may be in steep decline, but writing for a public audience has never been more popular.
“Writing is thinking on paper.” (Zinsser, 1976, p. vii) Google the term “critical thinking.” How many hits are there? On the day this tutorial was completed, Google found about 65,100,000 results in 0.56 seconds. That’s an impressive number, and it grows more impressively large every day.
Oct 6, 2019 · What most people don’t realize is that it’s often not actually the writing that is difficult. It’s the thinking behind the writing. “Writing is thinking. To write well is to think clearly. That's why it's so hard." - David McCullough. Writing is essentially a robust tool that enables us to clarify and communicate our thoughts.
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Writing as Thinking Keith Oatley University of Toronto Maja Djikic Harvard University Writing is analyzed as thinking that uses paper or other media to externalize and manipulate symbolic expressions.