How do methodological belief and doubt relate to critical thinking?

• Believing is a key element to being empathetic.

• To be empathetic you have to believe in the other person’s feeling whether or not you believe in the situation or experience.

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Void of judgment but necessary for good judgment.

• Communication loop:

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listen to what someone says,
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suspend your own beliefs about it,
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take it in,
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give it a voice within yourself,
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send it back out. Thus an internal dialogue.
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Methodological believing suggests hearing someone else.

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Voice suggests hearing yourself.

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By answering after empathizing, the other person will feel that they have a voice.

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Knowing yourself better brings self-empathy.
Source: Taylor (1999)
(Original page by Mary Frangie)