비판적 사고

비판적 사고(批判的 思考)는 정보를 분석하고 평가하는 정신적 과정이다. 특히 참이라고 주장되는 진술이나 명제가 주 대상이다. 진술의 의미를 파악하고, 제공된 증거와 추론을 검사하고, 사실들에 대해 판정을 내리는 과정을 가진다.

읽을 거리

• 회의주의
• 과학적 방법론

바깥 고리

• 비판적 사고의 현장 지침
• Argumentation and Critical Thinking Tutorial by Dr. Jay VerLinden, Humboldt State University -- "Intended to help students in college level critical thinking classes learn some of the basic concepts of the formal logical structure of arguments and informal fallacies."
• The Delphi Report (a.k.a. Critical Thinking: A Statement of Expert Consensus for Purposes of Educational Assessment and Instruction, Executive Summary by Peter A. Facione, Santa Clara University (pdf)
• The Critical Thinking Community Resources for teaching critical thinking, including syllabi; library; sponsors seminars and conferences.
• Critical Thinking Core Concepts from the "Critical Thinking Across the Curriculum" Project, Longview Community College
• "Critical Thinking on the Web" by Tim van Gelder
• Critical Thinking Web Aims to supplement and improve the teaching of critical thinking in universities in Hong Kong by providing online teaching and learning resources on critical thinking.
• "Critical Thinking: What It Is and Why It Counts" by Peter A. Facione (pdf)
• The Church of Critical Thinking
• An Introduction to Critical Thinking by Adam Wiggins
• "Statistical Literacy: Thinking Critically About Statistics" Milo Schield, Augsburg College (pdf)
• Teaching Undergrads Web Evaluation: A Guide for Library Instruction, Association of College and Research Libraries
• Thinking Critically about World Wide Web Resources, UCLA College Library Help Guides
• "Using Critical Thinking To Conduct Effective Searches of Online Resources" by Sarah K. Brem and Andrea J. Boyes
• A General Semantics Perspective on 'Critical Thinking' by Steven Lewis
• What "Critical" Means in "Critical Thinking": Donald Jenner, BMCC/CUNY (pdf)
• A Field Guide to Critical Thinking by James Lett