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Reconceptualizing critical thinking : an Aristotelian perspective
Abstract
Contemporary efforts at developing critical thinking in students have taken shape in various forms. In reviewing the assumptions and tensions implicit in these conceptions of critical thinking, this thesis explores the inherent limitations of critical thinking so conceived towards meeting the promises for which it is engendered. To fill the gap, an Aristotelian conception of practical reason is developed and defended as a necessary component of critical, rational thought. Singapore’s Desired Outcomes of Education are referred to in arguing for a stronger emphasis in the Singapore curriculum on the humanities and the humanization of the sciences, qua means of fostering practical reasoning.
Date Issued
2009
Call Number
LB1590.3 Lim
Date Submitted
2009