A small flock of words associated with good thinking and the pursuit of truth:
| objective | benevolent | creative | skeptical | mindful |
| curious | tolerant | discreet | sensitive | independent |
| honest | humble | imaginative | clear | critical |
| perceptive | rigorous | insightful | attentive | coherent |
| aware | discerning | prudent | tenacious | empathetic |
... inspired by bits of "Epistemic Virtue", itself a fragment-in-search-of ... structure? What is the nature of valid thought, anyway? Is it to be found in lists of synonyms, or in syllogisms, or similes, or ... perhaps poems and pictures?
Some short terms that may say more than the polysyllabic ones:
| open | soft | meta | wise | kind |
(cf Think Again (2002-08-29), Picky about Facts (2003-03-11), Problems of Knowledge (2010-07-29), Thinker's Guide to Scientific Thinking (2010-09-01), Concept Arbitraging (2012-12-15), ...) - ^z - 2018-06-05