Critical thinking

What is critical practice; what is critique? And what do these ideas have to do with higher education?This book argues that engaging in critical practice is fundamental to meaningf...

It is proposed that rationality has an external goal—thinking as correctly as possible. (For example, perhaps believing as correctly as possible is being maximally confident of the...

Abstract Research on concepts has concentrated on the way people apply concepts online, when presented with a stimulus. Just as important, however, is the use of con...

In this chapter I address four (clusters of) questions: (1) Are the dispositions, habits of mind, and character traits constitutive of the “critical spirit” rightly conceived as in...

Abstract Christianity and Intellectual Inquiry explores the relationship between faith and learning in Christian history and in the thinking processes of contemporar...

Galia Golan's concise but richly detailed monograph gives us the first look at Soviet policy toward terrorism under Gorbachev. Drawing on a wide array of Soviet sources, Dr. Golan ...

Scientists have only recently begun to explore spontaneous thinking. It might appear that as elusive a phenomenon as it is in the laboratory, it would be impossible to detect in th...

This textbook encompasses the knowledge, skills, and expertise needed to deliver excellent nursing care to critically ill patients. Emphasis is placed on a holistic and compassiona...