Welcome

Welcome to this Tertiary English and Critical Thinking (CT) Paper.

The emphasis in this course is on developing critical thinking skills in order to read and write texts successfully in an academic setting. We will be proceeding week by week trying to develop these skills systematically.

Critical thinking involves a "mindset" - an attitude towards reading and interpreting information, as well as producing and writing information.

Here is a very basic list of some of the skills involved.

In this modern media-saturated world, critical thinkers are desparately needed.

Some of you are also studying Foundation Logic Skills. This is often called formal logic or symbolic logic and involves the manipulation of symbols.

In this paper we will be looking at more informal logic which involves examines how language is used to develop arguments concerning all sorts of topics.

Critical thinking (CT) involves not only the application of CT skills, but also having an attitude of mind that cares about what is really meant by the Truth

Here is a link to a podcast that discusses the very basics of critical thinking. And here is the transcript of the podcast.

Informal Logic Journal