Sunday, January 14, 2007

Critical Thinking at 'A' Level

Critical Thinking at A Level A Valuable Life Skill by David Yates

Critical Thinking for Sceptics

reposted from: http://theskepticexpress.com/critical_thinking_at_A_level.php

Critical Thinking at 'A' Level - OCR exam

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When I was approached to write an article for “The Skeptic Express,” I began by wondering if its readers would be receptive to a consideration of the difference between “scepticism” and critical thinking. After all, one of the stated aims of this publication is to “encourage a logical and rational approach to fringe claims and magical thinking” but fringe claims are not necessarily illogical and critical reasoning is not necessarily an antidote to magical thinking.

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