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I took exams in Critical Thinking at 17 and 18. They were incredibly useful to me; I really think they should be mandatory. In fact, I think that critical thinking should be taught from primary school age.
generally speaking, and Mark please correct me if i've mistaken your position, it is intersubjective evidence which is required to establish a claim and it is this sort of evidence which atheists are typically asking for even if they don't specify it with such an appellation.
Is it rational to assume there is no other means for a rational basis to exist when perceptual evidence is lacking, as they so assume?
What do you mean by "perceptual evidence'?
And/or a matter of temperament. Some people seem to enjoy critical thinking, and other people seem repulsed by it as if it just doesn't suit their personalities.
eudaimonia,
Mark
And some need it... I wish I could do a course in it to improve myself.
I didn't listen enough at school but I don't believe we were taught it, or taught very well. We had science though and I loved it, maybe they taught us in that. I've been taught at university (doing a science course). They emphasise the skill but I really think it needs to be highlighted as a single subject.
Oh, just find some websites that discuss it online. Start with Wikipedia. I'm sure you don't need to take a course to learn this.
eudaimonia,
Mark
Eudaimonist said:No doubt that theology may include some critical thinking, but this gets drowned in demands for uncritical acceptance and belief.
Critical thinking is absolutely indispensable; it allows you to question your own life, and ultimately gain that eudaimonic sense of happiness that comes with wisdom. I'd rather have this happiness than live till I'm eighty. Science is subordinate to the qualitative life that philosophy (and, yes, religion) can allow.
Even in universities critical thinking is getting the cold shoulder. It's the curse of specialization, and I find myself reverting to Allan Bloom's masterpiece writing, The Closing of the American Mind. The more time progresses in the educational sphere, the more information snowballs in each subject, leading to the necessity of a sort of close-mindedness towards other disciplines so one can better understand his own. Both science and philosophy have millions of pages of information, and because education isn't interested in including a necessary philosophical basis in its Renaissance-type style, critical thinking is going to be left out. Critical thinking is absolutely indispensable; it allows you to question your own life, and ultimately gain that eudaimonic sense of happiness that comes with wisdom. I'd rather have this happiness than live till I'm eighty. Science is subordinate to the qualitative life that philosophy (and, yes, religion) can allow.
Still have the same number, Jordan? We need to swoon the chicks and talk philosophy some time.
Every basic sciences major, every engineering major, every economics major, and most social science majors should be required to take a Philosophy of Science course and should not be admitted into their college until they pass it.
I'm pretty sure it's grammatically impossible to swoon someone.
I always thought it would be good to do a history of science (and natural philosophy) course for all science students.
It would show the timeline and how the methods "evolved" over the years and why.
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