Helping to Undo the Past: Teaching Critical Reasoning in South Africa

Helping to Undo the Past: Teaching Critical Reasoning in South Africa

In this paper I discuss the opportunities and difficulties of teaching critical reasoning in a rapidly transforming society such as South Africa. I argue that the real benefits for students of such courses outweigh the pessimism of John McPeck and Richard Paul that they do little, if any, good. This...

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Main Author: Stephen De Wijze
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Windsor 1996-01-01
Series:Informal Logic
Online Access:https://informallogic.ca/index.php/informal_logic/article/view/2367
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