Socrates, Galileo, and Marx as Critical Thinkers
Document Type
Book Section
Publication Date
8-29-2021
Publication Title
Science, Method, and Argument in Galileo
Publisher
Springer, Cham
Publisher Location
Cham, Switzerland
Volume
40
First page number:
85
Last page number:
113
Abstract
One approach to teaching critical thinking and theorizing about it is to study great exemplars like Socrates, Galileo, and Marx, and to undertake a critical comparison and contrast of them. In this essay, I discuss this approach by reporting on a university course I have taught for more than 30 years and by formulating some conclusions and problems suggested by this kind of material. In the process, the critical-thinking practice of these three exemplars will be related to several theories of critical thinking that have been widely discussed by scholars.
Controlled Subject
Galilei, Galileo, 1564-1642; Socrates; Marx, Karl, 1818-1883; Critical thinking--Study and teaching
Disciplines
Philosophy | Philosophy of Science
Language
English
Rights
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Repository Citation
Finocchiaro, M. A.
(2021).
Socrates, Galileo, and Marx as Critical Thinkers.
Science, Method, and Argument in Galileo, 40
85-113.
Cham, Switzerland: Springer, Cham.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-77147-8_6