creativity in critical and analytical thinking
I have always had a bit of a problem with critical thinking. It always seemed like the boring bit of thinking. And the creative bit the "fun" bit! The dreamy bit. But I just listened to an amazing programe on R4 about the role of dreaming and the imagination in Science...which of course requires creativity but tends to be viewed as far more critical and analytical (and dry), than the Arts....and so...
my question is - could I apply similiar ideas to approaches to critical and analytical thinking? Is there a way to remove the dry and for these kinds of thinking to be less removed from the creative thinking that tends to be driven by the imagination? Or are the two truly at the poles? In other words....
Does what is the role of the imagination, intution/feeling and inspiration in critical thinking? and really what are the differences between critical and creative thinking?
OK....go hunt!