The Thinker's Guide to Intellectual Standards (Thinker's Guide

The Thinker's Guide to Intellectual Standards (Thinker's Guide Library)

Humans routinely assess thinking â€“ their own thinking, and that of others, and yet they donâ€™t necessarily use standards for thought that are reasonable, rational, sound. To think well, people need to routinely meet intellectual standards, standards of clarity, precision, accuracy, relevance, depth, logic, fairness, significance, and so forth. In this guide authors Elder and Paul offer a brief analysis of some of the most important intellectual standards in the English language. They look at the opposites of these standards. They argue for their contextualization within subjects and disciplines. And, they call attention to the forces that undermine their skilled use in thinking well. At present intellectual standards tend to be either taught implicitly, or ignored in instruction. Yet because they are essential to high quality reasoning in every part of human life, they should be explicitly taught and explicitly understood.

Country	USA
Binding	Kindle Edition
Format	Kindle eBook
IsAdultProduct
Label	Foundation for Critical Thinking
Manufacturer	Foundation for Critical Thinking
NumberOfPages	136
PublicationDate	2011-10-18
Publisher	Foundation for Critical Thinking
ReleaseDate	2011-10-18
Studio	Foundation for Critical Thinking

The Thinker's Guide to Intellectual Standards (Thinker's Guide Library)