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Ask Carla Merino-Rajme what philosophy is really about, and she’ll say it’s everywhere–in our assumptions, our debates, our everyday choices, and especially in the hard questions we can’t stop asking.
Peter Ellerton consults to the Centre for Critical and Creative Thinking. He is a Fellow of the Rationalist Society of Australia. Few people doubt the value of developing students’ thinking skills. A ...
“Studying philosophy taught me two things. I learned how to write really clearly. I learned how to follow an argument all the way down, which is invaluable in running meetings.” Stewart Butterfield, ...
The critical mind, a central tenet of Western thought since antiquity, has always been constructed as a resistance to the obvious and to authority, a means of questioning the nature of things and ...
Critical thinking is a vital, yet often neglected, skill. In higher education, Chris Griffiths, author of “The Creative Thinking Handbook,” noted in a TLNT blog article that critical thinking is “the ...
The integration of AI into educational settings is a rapidly evolving trend with significant implications for learners' critical thinking skills. AI holds considerable promise for enhancing ...