There has long been a need for "a more congenial form of rationality that emphasizes contextuality, ambiguity, creativity, and a tolerance of heterogeneity over logical certitude, validity, universal principles, and polarizations typified by binary 'us–them' thinking." But what would such a critical thinking look like, and is the book being reviewed here a step in the right direction? I don't know. I can see how, as the reviewer says, "Teaching Critical Thinking is in many ways a reaction to the dominant ideas and ideals of the field." But I'm not sure I'm ready to accept just any reaction; it has to be about more than just transcending bias. The reviewer writes, and I agree, "Developing a form of critical thinking rooted in practical wisdom may require more than the acknowledgement and inclusion of individuals' subjective and emotive qualities, or the eschewal of the skills of logic and argument analysis in thinking curricula."
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