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Critical Thinking Skills: Home

Welcome

Socrates, Ancient Greek philosopher. Photograph. Britannica ImageQuest, Encyclopædia Britannica, 31 Aug 2017.

 
Hi! Welcome to the Subject Guide on Critical Thinking Skills.  Here you will find useful information resources to support your learning and teaching in this subject area. 
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Source of image: Socrates, Ancient Greek philosopher. [Photograph]. Britannica ImageQuest.
 

Critical thinking, though variously defined, refers to good thinking and is connected with rationality and the appeal to reason" - Philosophy of Education : An Encyclopedia

Rodin / The Thinker. Fine Art. Britannica ImageQuest, Encyclopædia Britannica, 25 May 2016.
 

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History

"The intellectual roots of critical thinking are as ancient as its etymology, traceable, ultimately, to the teaching practice and vision of Socrates 2,500 years ago who discovered by a method of probing questioning that people could not rationally justify their confident claims to knowledge. ..." The Foundation for Critical Thinking

"John Dewey (1910: 74, 82) introduced the term ‘critical thinking’ as the name of an educational goal, which he identified with a scientific attitude of mind. More commonly, he called the goal ‘reflective thought’, ‘reflective thinking’, ‘reflection’, or just ‘thought’ or ‘thinking’" -- Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy