What question did this study set out to answer?

The aim is to clarify the concept of critical thinking as subject specific and identify areas for further research.

April 1, 1989

Critical Thinking and Subject Specificity: Clarification and Needed Research

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The aim is to clarify the concept of critical thinking as subject specific and identify areas for further research.
Discussion of critical thinking with a focus on its subject specificity.
Analysis of distinctions proposed by Ennis concerning three versions of subject specificity.
Critique of existing definitions due to vagueness.
Identified critical distinctions in subject specificity: domain, epistemological, and conceptual.
Highlighted the vagueness in established definitions of subject specificity.
Proposed further avenues for both practical and theoretical research.

Resumen

The claim that critical thinking is subject specific appears, to be of practical importance and theoretical interest. Its meaning is unclear, however, and discussions of its are often confusing and at cross purposes. In an attempt to clarify the topic, Ennis offers a number of distinctions, including a distinction among three versions of subject specificity: domain, epistemological, and conceptual subject specificity. He holds that the first two versions contain valuable insights, but that all three suffer from excessive vagueness of their basic concept (domain, field, and subject, respectively). If the proposed clarification and critique are appropriate, then a number of avenues of research—at both practical and theoretical levels—need to be pursued, some of which are outlined in this essay

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