Donald Trump as a Critical-Thinking Teaching Assistant

被引：2
|
作者：
Sullivan, Stephen [1 ]
机构：
[1] Edinboro Univ, English & Philosophy Dept, Edinboro, PA 16444 USA
来源：
INFORMAL LOGIC | 2018年 / 38卷 / 01期
关键词：
balance; critical thinking; Donald Trump; fallacies; rhetoric;
D O I：
10.22329/il.v38i1.5069
中图分类号：
B81 [逻辑学（论理学）];
学科分类号：
010104 ; 010105 ;
摘要：
Donald Trump has been a godsend for those of us who teach critical thinking. For he is a fount of manipulative rhetoric, glaring fallacies, conspiracy theories, fake news, and bullshit. In this paper I draw on my own recent teaching experience in order to discuss both the usefulness and the limits of using Trump-examples in teaching critical thinking. In Section One I give the framework of the course; in Section Two I indicate Trump's relevance to many important concepts in the course; and in Section Three I argue that critical-thinking instructors should restrain themselves from overreliance on Trump-examples.
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页码：118 / 132
页数：15
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