Critical Reasoning in Contemporary Culture

Richard A. Talaska is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Xavier University in Cincinnati.

• Acknowledgments Introduction PART I: THEORIES OF CRITICAL REASONING AND EDUCATION The Problems of Skills versus Content 1. Conflicting Views on Teaching Critical ReasoningRobert H. Ennis Theories That Emphasize Content 2. Teaching Critical Reasoning through the Disciplines: Content versus ProcessJohn E. McPeck 3. Cultural Literacy and Critical LiteracyDonald Lazere Theories That Emphasize Skills 4. Critical Reasoning and Informal LogicRalph H. Johnson 5. Education and the Fostering of RationalityHarvey Siegel 6. Creativity, Critical Reasoning, and the Problem of Content-Oriented EducationRobert J. Sternberg Beyond Skills and Content 7. Teaching Critical Reasoning in the Strong Sense: Getting Behind World ViewsRichard W. Paul 8. The Imperative Focus: A Prerequisite for Critical ReasoningLenore Langsdorf PART II. PROBLEMS FOR THEORY OF CRITICAL REASONING The Problem of Methodology 9. Taking Cover in Coverage: Critical Reasoning and the Conflict of TheoriesGerald Graff 10. Whose Reason? Which Canon? Critical Reasoning and Conflicting Ideas of RationalityR.W. Sleeper The Problem of History 11. Postmodernism and the Possibility of Critical ReasoningStanley Rosen 12. Critical Reasoning and HistoryRichard A. Talaska The Problem of the Unity of Source for Critical Reasoning 13. Critical Reasoning and the Second Power of Questions: Towards First Questions and First PhilosophyEva T.H. Brann 14. Theology and Critical Reasoning: Ignatius' Understanding of the Jesuit UniversityMichael J. Buckley, S.J. The Problem of Values 15. Evaluation and Critical Reasoning: Logic's Last Frontier?Michael Scriven Biographical Sketches of Contributors Index