Friendly Critical Thinking: Replacing Domination with Collaboration
by Dr. M. Neil Browne
Zoom link: https://wisconsin-edu.zoom.us/j/7153464115
Retired after 53 years teaching critical thinking at Bowling Green University and consulting with dozens of universities, corporations, and governmental agencies, all seeking, as we all are, better beliefs, conclusions, and decisions.
Table of Contents for Presentation:
1) Toward what end do we encourage critical thinking?
2) How does Aristotle’s understanding of friendship push us to teach critical thinking
in a particular fashion?
3) How does the difference between a scout and a sniper provide alternative visions
of the purpose of critical thinking? The difference between an adversarial legal
system and mediation? A sports event and a research team?
4) How can critical thinking be encountered as a joint experience, permitting each
participant in an exchange to teach AND learn?
5) What is the sound and the look of a friendly critical thinking?
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