Amid the controversies of the Common Core and the latest round of standardized testing, there is a deeper crisis in American education that cannot be solved by better curriculum or more demanding ...

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Regarding George Pyle’s Dec. 17 commentary (“Philosophy majors don’t serve fries”): I am a proud philosophy major, class of 1978, University of North Carolina. I can say with the hindsight and wisdom ...

Karl Marx (1818-2018) would have celebrated his 200th birthday in 2018. His critique of capitalism appears even more pertinent today amidst climate crisis, chronic unemployment and global inequality.

JEDDAH: Preparations are under way for the introduction of classes in critical thinking and philosophy in Saudi schools, education minister Hamad Al-Asheikh said. Saudi educators and students welcomed ...

I recently asked a fellow academic, in conversation, how they try to integrate critical thinking into their classroom, and they replied that they don’t have "much time for that kind of thing." I ...

Recommended: Prerequisite 6 hours of philosophy coursework. If you are willing to carefully and diligently work through the Critical Thinking Bootcamp Unit, though, you should be fine without meeting ...

Dr. Black began his career in political philosophy examining the relationship between individual and group rights. Since then, his interests have come to embrace more foundational questions in social ...