Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2000
Journal / Book Title
Inquiry: Critical Thinking Across the Disicplines
Abstract
There is a strong connection, both pedagogic and conceptual, between the discipline of philosophy and the practice of thinking – or more precisely, the normative practice of good thinking. An understanding of this connection lends weight to the argument that philosophy needs to be a regular part of the educational landscape, not just for a tiny minority of college students, but for the overwhelming majority of school students – younger the better. Philosophical inquiry has three dimensions: an appropriate classroom environment (patterns of interaction), appropriate tools and strategies (specific cognitive and meta-cognitive moves), and content which is intriguing and accessible (levels of conceptual depth).
DOI
https://doi-org.ezproxy.montclair.edu/10.5840/inquiryctnews20001929
Book Publisher
Montclair State University
Journal ISSN / Book ISBN
2153-9871
MSU Digital Commons Citation
Splitter, Laurance J., "(2000) Concepts, Communities and the Tools of Good Thinking" (2000). Collected Papers of Laurance J. Splitter. 11.
https://digitalcommons.montclair.edu/iapc-lsplitter/11
Published Citation
Splitter, Laurance J. (2000) Concepts, Communities and the Tools of Good Thinking. Inquiry: Critical Thinking Across the Disicplines 19(2): 11-26.