Date of Award
2013
Publication Type
Master Thesis
Degree Name
M.A.
Department
Philosophy
Supervisor
Hundleby, Catherine E.,
Supervisor
Tindale, Christopher
Rights
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
Creative Commons License
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Abstract
Bell hooks' work on pedagogy covers a great deal of material in very broad strokes. She relies on the work of John Dewey and Paolo Freire, often drawing upon their critiques of traditional educational models to criticize the values she claims drive current models of education. When hooks addresses critical thinking explicitly, she reorients critical thinking toward practical aims, specifically democratic social progress. In order to better understand the potential value of her approach, and the relationship between critical thinking and democracy, I attempt to situate her conception of critical thinking as practical wisdom within current philosophical scholarship on critical thinking.
Recommended Citation
Sewell, Jamie, "bell hooks on Critical Thinking: The Successes and Limitations of Practical Wisdom" (2013). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 4924.
https://scholar.uwindsor.ca/etd/4924