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The Pragmatic Origins of Critical Thinking

January 15, 2021 By DegreeofFreedom in Filed Under: Critical Thinking

Thanks to everyone who attended this week’s panel discussion on how to teach critical thinking online at the American Philosophical Association (APA) Eastern Division Meeting in cyberspace.

A number of people have expressed interest in a paper I mentioned that I gave at last year’s APA Central Division conference on the origins of critical thinking.

Readers of Critical Thinking, part of the MIT Press Essential Knowledge Series, will be familiar with my proposition that the concept that there exists a form of thinking, distinct from intelligence and wisdom, one unique enough to be called “critical,” can be traced to John Dewey’s 1910 book How We Think which draws heavily from the Pragmatic philosophy of Charles Sanders Peirce.

Given how much ground I needed to cover within the space requirements of an MIT Essential title, I was not able to develop that idea fully within the book, which is why I fleshed it out in more detail in a paper I’m happy to share with readers of this site:

The Pragmatic Origins of Critical Thinking

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