Luc de Brabandere is a corporate philosopher. His latest book, The Art of Thinking in a Digital World: Be Logical, Be Creative, Be Critical (Peter Lang International), puts the history of thought into ...

Amid the controversies of the Common Core and the latest round of standardized testing, there is a deeper crisis in American education that cannot be solved by better curriculum or more demanding ...

AI makes it easier than ever to lean on technology to do our thinking and some research says it may even be making us dumber. However, researchers have found that studying philosophy may help sharpen ...

Effective communication is an essential tool for those seeking careers in journalism, advertising, commerce, law, public relations, education or related fields. The Communications and Critical ...

Laura D'Olimpio is Chairperson of the Association for Philosophy in Schools (WA) and is co-editor of the Journal of Philosophy in Schools. It has been a good week for philosophy. The results of a year ...

Total Minimum Credits = 120-122. A Philosophy major with a Communications & Critical Thinking Option consists of 30-45 credits. The department does not specify course work for the major, but ...

In my most recent post, 12 Important Dispositions for Critical Thinking, I presented a list of dispositions that are likely to enhance the quality of one’s thinking—specifically, disposition toward ...

Regarding George Pyle’s Dec. 17 commentary (“Philosophy majors don’t serve fries”): I am a proud philosophy major, class of 1978, University of North Carolina. I can say with the hindsight and wisdom ...

While the idea of teaching critical thinking has been bandied around in education circles since at least the time of John Dewey, it has taken greater prominence in the education debates with the ...