Abstract

GUZZO, Guilherme Brambatti  and  LIMA, Valderez Marina do Rosário. The development of critical thinking in education: A feasible goal?. Educação. UNISINOS [online]. 2018, vol.22, n.4, pp.334-343.  Epub May 17, 2019. ISSN 2177-6210.  https://doi.org/10.4013/edu.2018.224.11.

Critical thinking, that is, the capacity and disposition to evaluate propositions and be moved by good reasons, has been traditionally regarded as an aim of education. Contemporary studies in psychology, however, have raised doubt about the idea that people are able to think critically by suggesting that, instead of being guided by reasons, individuals use reasons mainly to justify their preexisting beliefs. The present paper aims at presenting and discussing the implications of these objections to critical thinking. In spite of the fact that there are good reasons to reject the naïve account that regards critical thinking as a purely rational component of human cognition, we assume that it is still possible, and necessary, to defend the idea of critical thinking and invest in its development at schools and universities.

Keywords : critical thinking; rationality; types of thinking.

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