Great Critical Thinkers Know of a resource missing from this page? Let us know… Ten Outstanding Skeptics of the Century, from Skeptical Inquirer magazine. “In a century filled with UFO sightings, psychic claims, doomsday prophecies, quack therapies, pseudoscientific gadgetry, conspiracy claims, New Age spiritualism, and paranormal mystery-mongering, which individuals rank as the ten outstanding skeptics of…
General Resources Know of a resource missing from this page? Let us know… The Idea Emporium Zany. Fun. Spirited critical thinking. [6 Dec 07] Critical Thinking Across the Curriculum, Longview Community College, Missouri Critical Thinking Community CriticalThinking.net The Thinking Resource – by Robert Ennis ‘This site will strive to serve as a resource for teachers and theorists…
Fallacies Know of a resource missing from this page? Let us know… There are dozens of lists of fallacies on the web. Only a few are really quality resources: The Big Three The Fallacy Files by Gary Curtis An excellent resource which includes a list of the different kinds of fallacies with descriptions, as well as a…
Experts and Expertise Know of a resource missing from this page? Let us know… The general theme of this page is that experts are generally less expert than we (or they) think; and that we all ought be thinking much more critically about how much expertise the experts actually have. Cochran-Weiss-Shanteau (CWS) Home Page Experts on…
The Enlightenment Know of a resource missing from this page? Let us know… not the spiritual kind… The Enlightenment is the historical embodiment of the critical thinker’s ideal: a better world through better thinking. Essays Sweep of reason By Darrin M. McMahon Reviewing the Encyclopedia of the Enlightenment is just the pretext for this excellent, highly compact…
Email Lists and Newsletters Know of a resource missing from this page? Let us know… Critical Thinking Primarily intended for distributing announcements, resources, etc.. Does host some discussion of critical thinking topics. Moderated. Hosted by Yahoo! Groups. Argthry “is the list of OSSA, the Ontario Society for the Study of Argumentation. It is a public list…
Definitions Know of a resource missing from this page? Let us know… Definitions of “Critical Thinking” What is critical thinking and how to improve it (pdf file) by Alec Fisher Nice introductory survey of many of the most well-known or influential definitions of critical thinking. A chapter from Fisher’s recent book Critical Thinking: An Introduction. Fisher is one…
Critical Reading and Writing Know of a resource missing from this page? Let us know… Dan Kurland’s www.criticalreading.com Everyone complains that students cannot read well… and yet most high schools and colleges offer no course in critical reading. This is the website for just such a course… Criticalreading.com shows you how to recognize what a text…
Cognitive Biases and Blindspots Know of a resource missing from this page? Let us know… Weird… this whole area is very important for critical thinking, but I’m having a very hard time finding quality online resources. If anyone knows of any, please let me know. Influence at Work Robert Cialdini wrote a “must-read” book on the psychology of…
Critical Thinking Blogs Know of a resource missing from this page? Let us know… Rationale Thoughts “Critical verbiage from Tim van Gelder”. My blog. [29 Nov 06] “Humbug! Online – a blog for iconoclasts” Wicked stuff. “Regular postings based on fallacies covered in our book Humbug! … Using a seamless combination of both passion and restraint,…