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Quote by: Sweet Katie  What classroom subject is most helpful in developing critical thinking skills? What classroom subject is the most important to everyday survival?
Disclaimer: The argument that everything we learn is helpful is well taken, but I'm looking for POVs regarding the class subject that gives the edge. |
Currently I am taking a Philosophy course called "critically thinking". The basic premise of the course is to analyze reasoning and conclusions.
We discuss....
Transposition.
Double Negation
Modus Ponens
Modus Tollens
Pure Hypothetical Syllogism
Disjunctive Syllogism
Conditionalization
Some other things that help are simply Computer Science courses.
Learn
Javascript
PHP
CSS
Java
ASP.net 2.0
VB.net
If you exercise with these languages then you can apply this thinking to any political science or philosophy course.
Even take a science course! Learn about how Chemistry works or how Biology works.
Basically learn the facts before learning anything about the silly imaganitive things like "heaven, democracy, gods, angels, devils, and ghosts".