Notes on Contributors v
Preface and acknowledgements
Michael A. Peters ix
1 Critical Thinking and Learning
Mark Mason 1
2 Kinds of Thinking, Styles of Reasoning
Michael A. Peters 12
3 Culture, Cognitive Pluralism and Rationality
Colin W. Evers 25
4 Is There a Geography of Thought for East-West Differences? Why or Why Not?
Ho Mun Chan & Hektor K. T. Yan 44
5 False Dichotomy? 'Western' and 'Confucian' concepts of scholarship and learning
Janette Ryan & Kam Louie 65
6 Learning, Empowerment and Judgement
Michael Luntley 79
7 Is Popper's Falsificationist Heuristic a Helpful Resource for Developing Critical Thinking?
Chi-Ming Lam 93
8 Critical Thinking as a Source of Respect for Persons: A critique
Christine Doddington 109
9 Re-conceptualizing Critical Thinking for Moral Education in Culturally Plural Societies
Duck-Joo Kwak 120
Index 131

By introducing current debates in the field of critical thinkingand posing new questions from contributing scholars, CriticalThinking and Learning examines the received wisdom in the fieldof critical thinking and learning.
* Examines the different perspectives in the field of criticalthinking and learning
* Provides insights into critical thinking by posing newquestions from contributing authors
* Introduces cross-cultural viewpoints into the dominant'western'-based educational viewpoint
* Highlights differences among a variety of thinkers in thefield