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41st Annual International Conference on Critical Thinking

Conference Entirely Online

Registration Closed

Pre-Conference: July 25
Main Conference: July 26 - July 30, 2021

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Thinker's Guides used during the conference will be supplied via the partial copies available through the Center for Critical Thinking Community Online, to which all registrants will have complimentary access. However, we recommend purchasing full copies of the following titles prior to the conference, as they will greatly improve your ability to internalize the concepts covered at the event.

The Miniature Guide to Critical Thinking Concepts & Tools

This powerful book introduces core critical thinking concepts and principles as an empowering problem-solving framework for every profession, course of study, and indeed every area of life. The Miniature Guide to Critical Thinking Concepts and Tools distills the groundbreaking work of Richard Paul and Linda Elder, targeting how to deconstruct thinking through the elements of reasoning and how to assess the quality of our thinking.

The Thinker's Guide to the Human Mind

Since all human thoughts are controlled by the mind, understanding our thoughts is essential to personal and societal advancement. The Thinker’s Guide to the Human Mind delves into the core functions of the human mind to allow readers to take charge of their intellect and emotions more effectively.

Richard Paul and Linda Elder explore the basic impulses that influence our thoughts and can distract us from logical or ethical action. Exploring the dangers of egocentric and sociocentric thinking, this guide presents strategies for strengthening emotional intelligence and developing critical thinking virtues.

The Thinker's Guide to Analytic Thinking

Linda Elder and Richard Paul’s The Thinker’s Guide to Analytic Thinking explores the practice of analyzing problems and opportunities, providing a framework for finding common denominators, inconsistencies, biases, and underlying causes. It helps readers learn to think within the logic of subjects and professions. By offering proper tools for analysis and assessment of thought, it empowers readers to address any decision with confidence.

The Thinker's Guide to How to Study & Learn a Discipline

In this guide, Richard Paul and Linda Elder empower students to take control of their own learning by asking questions, challenging assumptions, drawing upon reliable information, and exploring alternative opinions. Making intellectual work more accessible, practical, and engaging, this book fosters minds that question, probe, and can master a variety of forms of knowledge through intellectual perseverance and regular use of critical thinking skills.

The Thinker's Guide to Socratic Questioning

The Thinker’s Guide to the Art of Socratic Questioning introduces readers to powerful methods for questioning that pinpoint underlying beliefs and systems of logic. It brings together the principles of critical thinking with Socratic questioning.

Richard Paul and Linda Elder illuminate the practicality and accessibility of Socratic questioning for revealing and solving problems in thought. Teachers, students and professionals will find in this book essential questioning strategies for reasoning within any field of study or endeavor.

Fact Over Fake: A Critical Thinker's Guide to Media Bias and Political Propaganda

Today’s instantaneous and ever-present news stream frequently presents a sensationalized or otherwise distorted view of the world, demanding constant critical engagement on the part of everyday citizens.

Fact Over Fake reveals the power of critical thinking to make sense of overwhelming and often subjective media by detecting ideology, slant, and spin at work. Building off the Richard Paul and Linda Elder framework for critical thinking, this title focuses on the internal logic of the news as well as societal influences on media while illustrating essential elements of trustworthy journalism. Includes up-to-date discussions of social media, digital journalism, and political maneuvering inside and outside the fourth estate.