{"product_id":"critical-condition-replacing-critical-thinking-with-creativity-paperback-softback-9781771121576","title":"Critical Condition; Replacing Critical Thinking with Creativity (Paperback \/ softback) 9781771121576","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eCritical Condition\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eReplacing Critical Thinking with Creativity\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003ePatrick Finn (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781771121576\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 18 June 2015\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e145 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 0.9 cm, 0.22 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eShould we stop teaching critical thinking? Meant as a prompt to further discussion, \u003ci\u003eCritical Condition\u003c\/i\u003e questions the assumption that every student should be turned into a \"\"critical thinker.\"\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe book starts with the pre-Socratics and the impact that Socrates' death had on his student Plato and traces the increasingly violent use of critical \"\"attack\"\" on a perceived opponent. From the Roman militarization of debate to the medieval Church's use of defence as a means of forcing confession and submission, the early phases of critical thinking were bound up in a type of attack that Finn suggests does not best serve intellectual inquiry. Recent developments have seen critical thinking become an ideology rather than a critical practice, with levels of debate devolving to the point where most debate becomes ad hominem. Far from arguing that we abandon critical inquiry, the author suggests that we emphasize a more open, loving system of engagement that is not only less inherently violent but also more robust when dealing with vastly more complex networks of information.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book challenges long-held beliefs about the benefits of critical thinking, which is shown to be far too linear to deal with the twenty-first century world. \u003ci\u003eCritical Condition\u003c\/i\u003e is a call to action unlike any other.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eCritical Condition: Replacing Critical Thinking with Creativity\u003c\/i\u003e by Patrick Finn\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcknowledgements\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePreface: An Invitation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 1 A Foolish Question: Isn't It Time We Replaced Critical Thinking?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 2 The Baby and the Bathwater: The Birth of Critical Thinking\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 3 A Hitch or Two: Polemic, Violence, and the Case for Critical Thinking\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 4 We Can't Go On Together (with Suspicious Minds)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 5 An Immodest Proposal: Let's Replace Critical Thinking with Creative, Loving, Open-Source Thought\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 6 \"\"Sure, It Works in Practice, but Will It Work in Theory?\"\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 7 Conclusion: An Open Invitation-Some Final Ideas and Questions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNotes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBibliography\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wilfrid Laurier University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52637471310104,"sku":"9781771121576","price":17.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/critical-condition-replacing-critical-thinking-with-creativity-paperback-softback-9781771121576","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}