Why Critical Thinking? “It is human irrationality, not a lack of knowledge that threatens human potential” (Nickerson cited in Kurfiss, 1986).
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It . . . underlies listening and speaking, reading and writing, the basic language skills. plays an important part in social change. All institutions in any society: courts, governments, schools, businesses, are the products of critical thinking. plays a key role in technological advances. frees the human mind from false beliefs and deceptions. 7/25/2010
Dr. Shadia Yousef Banjar
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