Knowledge is generated through the interaction of critical and creative thinking. Evaluate this statement with reference to different areas of knowledge.

        The arts are a diverse field of content, forms and methods which require the understanding and appreciation of them. They have affected individuals through their ways of communicating their knowledge to the external world. A person who is trying to gain knowledge through the arts requires both creative and critical thinking to grasp what the author is trying to communicate. Examples are political cartoons; these cartoons obviously require creative thinking in order for the spectator to evaluate the art’s quality and value. It also involves critical thinking that goes beyond the drawings and understands the author’s motives for drawing this. You can get a lot from a political cartoon and its exaggerations. It just requires a little bit of extra thinking. After all the thinking has been done the spectator gains a lot of knowledge, often about the opinions of certain Prime ministers or people in political power. While defining art, the spectator critically think is about the intentions of the artist. Another possible criterion is to creatively think about the quality of the work. Through the conclusions the spectators reach they are generating knowledge. Art can serve as imitation, education and communication. However, to realise what the arts serves you must use creative and critical thinking. There is a great link between the arts and the knowledge gained through critical and creative thinking.

        Knowledge generated by science is both powerful and useful. It can be used to develop new technologies, treat diseases and deal with many other sorts of problems. Scientists are often criticised for not being creative, but with reference to all the great discoveries and advances that had been made: they could not have happened without lateral thinking and creative solutions to difficult problems.