Critical thinking: A western guise or a thinking, cultural, and pedagogical fatigue
Ibn Tofail University, Kenitra, Morocoo.
Review Article
World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2023, 19(01), 273–283
Article DOI: 10.30574/wjarr.2023.19.1.1354
Publication history:
Received on 16 May 2023; revised on 01 July 2023; accepted on 03 July 2023
Abstract:
The argument that non-western countries lack or do not have critical thinking has ushered in a strong scholarly debate. Several scholars perceived this statement as ‘Othering’ lacking evidence and mired in ethnocentric dogma. Indeed, this paper is to redefine CT, indicating it is not culture-specific and is not necessarily a western legacy. CT has evolved and developed across different civilizations, even long before the Greeks. This study interprets CT as critical intelligence, learnable and transformable, with emphasize on its linguistics determinism; meaning that any language with a question structure enables its people to activate this critical intelligence and master it through practice. However, culture still plays a potent role in shaping the CT style.
Keywords:
Critical thinking; Critical thinking and othering; Critical thinking and westernization; History of critical thinking; Critical thinking is universal; Critical thinking is not culture specific
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