Critical Thinking, Postmodernism, and Rational Evaluation

Informal Logic 16 (3) (1994)
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In this paper, after showing how the postmodern critiques of Enlightenment rationality apply to critical thinking, I argue that a critical discussion on any subject must assume specific principles of rationality. I then show how these principles can be used to critique and reject postmodern claims about the contextual nature of rationality

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10.22329/il.v16i3.2457

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The Myth of the Framework.Karl R. Popper - 1987 - In Joseph C. Pitt & Marcello Pera (eds.), Rational Changes in Science. Essays on Scientific Reasoning: Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science, vol. 98. Dordrecht: pp. 35-62.
Modern Political Theory and the Multivocity of Postmodern Critical Discourses.Tom Bridges - 1991 - Inquiry: Critical Thinking Across the Disciplines 8 (1):3-4.

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