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173Teaching Critical Thinking in the "Strong" Sense: A Focus On Self-Deception, World Views, and a Dialectical Mode of Analysis
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66Reflections on the Nature of Critical Thinking, Its History, Politics, and Barriers and on Its Status across the College/University Curriculum Part IInquiry: Critical Thinking Across the Disciplines 26 (3): 5-24. 2011.This paper is a response to INQUIRY editor Frank Fair’s invitation to me to write a reflective piece that sheds light on my involvement in the field of Critical Thinking Studies . My response is in two parts. The two parts together might be called “Reflections on the nature of critical thinking and on its status across the college/university curriculum.” The parts together have been written with a long term and large-scale end in view. If successful the two parts will shed light on why the criti…Read more
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58Background logic, critical thinking, and irrational language gamesInformal Logic 7 (1). 1985.Background Logic, Critical Thinking, and Irrational Language Games.
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33Critical Thinking and the State of Education TodayInquiry: Critical Thinking Across the Disciplines 16 (2): 12-34. 1996.
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33Critical Thinking and General SemanticsInquiry: Critical Thinking Across the Disciplines 11 (2): 3-7. 1993.
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24For further information please write: Conference 95 Mailstop 3G3 Center for Professional Development George Mason University (review)Argumentation 9 260. 1995.
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21Fact over Fake: A Critical Thinker's Guide to Media Bias and Political PropagandaThe Foundation for Critical Thinking. 2020.This book reveals the power of critical thinking to make sense of overwhelming and often subjective media by detecting ideology, slant, and spin at work. Building off the Paul-Elder critical thinking framework, Fact over Fake focuses on the internal logic of the news as well as societal influences on the media.
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20The Thinker's Guide for Conscientious Citizens on How to Detect Media Bias and Propaganda in National and World News: Based on Critical Thinking Concepts and ToolsThe Foundation for Critical Thinking. 2008.Designed to help readers learn to seek out and recognize bias in the news; detect ideology, slant, and spin; and recognize propaganda, this volume in the Thinker’s Guide Library empowers readers to weed through overwhelming and often subjective media. It is an ideal supplement for media courses or a companion to daily news reports.
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