学术界Issue(9)：185-197,13.DOI:10.3969/j.issn.1002-1698.2019.09.018
Rationality,Logic and Critical Thinking Education in China
Rationality, Logic and Critical Thinking Education in China
摘要
Abstract
In uncovering the mechanisms of teaching critical thinking in China,scholars tend to ignore the requirement of rational thinking in teaching.Based on the discussion of rational presuppositions of critical thinking in Western cultures,this article argues that,while Western critical thinking presets a kind of rationality which is biased towards descriptive logic rather than prescriptive logic,the virtue-centered traditional Chinese culture cultivates a general habit of using methods of prescriptive logic.Descriptive logic accounts for "how to get" true judgments while prescriptive logic aims at explaining "why a true judgment is true".Critical thinking education in China should pay more attention to the role descriptive logic plays.The fact that the new-media information dissemination is deepening intercultural communication makes it necessary to implement critical thinking education in China,but the implementation should be focused on cultivating the students' ability to organize discourse in a logical way.关键词
rationality/logic/critical thinking/education/discourse competenceKey words
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Zhang Cunjian..Rationality,Logic and Critical Thinking Education in China[J].学术界,2019,(9):185-197,13.
