Comments on "The Nature of Critical Thinking"

Abstract

As the critical thinking/informal logic "movement"l grows, so does the need to clarify its nature and its philosophical basis. It is evident that there is much disagree- ment among teachers of critical thinking as to its essence and the appropriate pedagogical goals and strategies for teaching it.2 This paper attempts to characterize the basic nature of critical thinking, when approached for classroom teaching, in order to prepare the way for analysis of its philosophical grounding