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Critical Thinking versus Critical Theory

Jun 16, 2022
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Critical Thinking Defined

  • 'Critical thinking' focuses on epistemic adequacy and spotting faulty arguments.
  • It teaches tools like formal and informal logic to assess truth claims and evidence.
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Critical Pedagogy Versus Thinking

  • 'Critical pedagogy' stems from neo-Marxian critical theory and targets justice and emancipation.
  • It treats students' claims as expressions of power, not merely propositions to verify for truth.
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Questioning Epistemic Tools

  • Critical pedagogy interrogates the politics of knowledge production and questions standard epistemic tools.
  • It argues that accepted tools for determining truth can themselves re-inscribe power and therefore must be critiqued.
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