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 Reasoning
Robert H. Ennis

Theories That Emphasize Content

2. Teaching Critical Reasoning through the Disciplines: Content versus Process
John E. McPeck

3. Cultural Literacy and Critical Literacy
Donald Lazere

Theories That Emphasize Skills

4. Critical Reasoning and Informal Logic
Ralph H. Johnson

5. Education and the Fostering of Rationality
Harvey Siegel

6. Creativity, Critical Reasoning, and the Problem of Content-Oriented Education
Robert J. Sternberg

Beyond Skills and Content

7. Teaching Critical Reasoning in the Strong Sense: Getting Behind World Views
Richard W. Paul

8. The Imperative Focus: A Prerequisite for Critical Reasoning
Lenore Langsdorf

PART II. PROBLEMS FOR THEORY OF CRITICAL REASONING

The Problem of Methodology

9. Taking Cover in Coverage: Critical Reasoning and the Conflict of Theories
Gerald Graff

10. Whose Reason? Which Canon? Critical Reasoning and Conflicting Ideas of Rationality
R.W. Sleeper

The Problem of History

11. Postmodernism and the Possibility of Critical Reasoning
Stanley Rosen

12. Critical Reasoning and History
Richard 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 Philosophy
Eva T.H. Brann

14. Theology and Critical Reasoning: Ignatius' Understanding of the Jesuit University
Michael J. Buckley, S.J.

The Problem of Values

15. Evaluation and Critical Reasoning: Logic's Last Frontier?
Michael Scriven

Biographical Sketches of Contributors


Index