In recent years，Many universities have set up critical thinking courses。Critical thinking is being welcomed by more and more students，It is also favored by many logic teachers，Some universities renamed logical courses to critical thinking。This kind of unique effect can be described as "all happy" —— students think what they have learned is useful、Interesting，Teachers do not have to suffer from the logic reasoning and calculations that many students are not interested in。So，What is the relationship between critical thinking and logic?

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The relationship between critical thinking and logic，Different scholars have different opinions。It is thought to have a point of view，Logic is a mature discipline，Logic courses are targeted professional courses，Critical thinking is just an educational concept。According to this understanding，Logic and critical thinking belong to different categories，Logic studies of course can not be renamed critical thinking。similar to it，Just as love is a kind of educational concept，Each majors of the university must implement this concept，But you can’t rename any professional lesson to love truth。There is also a point of view，There is no category difference between critical thinking and logic。Logical thinking Bet365 app download can detect、can be quantified，The goal of logic studies and critical thinking courses is to cultivate logical thinking literacy。The former focuses on professional knowledge，The latter focuses on thinking training; the former covers comprehensive logic knowledge (such as proposition logic、Word logic and even modal logic)，The latter is only partially covered。According to this idea，Select logic or critical thinking，Each of them can be taken，For example，Philosophy majors can teach logic class，and some majors can teach critical thinking。

Brief words，According to the first sound，Logic and critical thinking have no coincidence; according to the second voice，The content of logic and critical thinking is partially coincided。The former will completely exclude the scope of logic; the latter attempts to seek a decent curriculum status for critical thinking -although the number of logical knowledge is discounted，But critical thinking can still achieve the same purpose as logic，Help students get logical thinking literacy。

Here is a different understanding: Critical thinking and logic are not the relationship between "completely different" or "partial weight"。Critical thinking is the daily application of logic，or，It is logic in daily applications。As mathematics in the application is still mathematics，Critical thinking as logic in the application，Still logic。This kind of understanding can be called an application hypothesis about the nature of critical thinking，referred to as "Application hypothesis"。

bet365 Play online games Logic community has a general consistent understanding of logic: logic is to choose a good argument，and answer the good arguments that are picked out why are good arguments。For example，Logic not only tells us that the prerequisite for the preliminary format can ensure that the conclusion is a real "good" demonstration mode，Also use different methods (such as the true value table method) to prove why it can be so。Another example，Logic not only tells us the establishment of the Bayesian theorem，Also through the basic rules of probability calculations, the Bayesian theorem is launched step by step。The "good" of interpretation and argument lies in the prerequisite to ensure the conclusion; the "good" of summary argument lies in providing strong support for the conclusion。Dedication and argumentation belongs to the deductive logic;。Brief words，In logic，Learners must not only learn good arguments，Also learn a good demonstration mechanism for demonstration。

In the textbook of critical thinking，The correlation mechanism of the "good" demonstration mechanism appears less。This is not surprising -critical thinking is the application of logic，Apply a principle，It is not necessary to know why this principle is right。Providing judgment mechanism is the responsibility of pure logicians。

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For "application hypothesis"，Some people may ask some questions。Try to respond to some possible questions here。

　　Question 1: Why think critical thinking is the application of logic (or logic in applications)?

Answer: Logic knowledge is generally effective，Critical thinking training is mainly based on daily context，and critical thinking clearly requires logical knowledge。So，Naturally, it will form a "application hypothesis"。other，Establishment of many critical thinking courses，For the purpose of cultivating logical thinking literacy。

　　Question 2: Some logical knowledge is useless，It will not be used in critical thinking，For example, "Everyone will die，Socrates is a human，So Socrates will die "。How to explain this?

　　Answer: If a person is curious if Socrates will die，So，Of course, others can answer him with the above argument。So，This is useful。Take a step back，Assuming no one performs such doubt，I still think that the argument is useful。Imagine a person who said, "Socrates is a human，So，Socrates will die "，In order to better understand the speaker，Critical thinking requires us to find hidden assumptions，A not bad option is "everyone will die"。The basis for its basis is: the above demonstration is an interpretation argument。

　　Question 3: Many of the contents in critical thinking seem to have nothing to do with logic，How to explain this?

Answer: Among them, there is a relationship，I just need to discover and explain。Take the Turmin model as an example，Turmin model is an important tool for development demonstration，Has an important role in critical thinking。"Based on" and "assertive" straight line represents bet365 live casino games logical support relationship，In other words，is the demonstration line。Where，Add in "Guarantee"，It is because of "based" and "guarantee" more support for "asserting" together。and sometimes consider "debate"，It is because this support is not 100 % support，To make it 100 % or close to 100 %，We consider "debate"，Then "limited" on "assertion" (as for "support" and "confirmation", it is even more obvious，That is a reason for "basis" and "support")。After such a series of operations，The argument is perfect，We can better "believe" assertion " based on" based on "。Completion after argument，You can also re -describe it in a regular argument.。The argument for different strengths is used here，Of course related to logic。Another example，If the number of samples is large enough，Uniform sample，Uniform sample，It is more reasonable for statistics to summarize and argument。This is the result of inductive logic。

　　Question 4: Some logical content seems impossible to enter critical thinking anyway，For example，"A so A"。This is an interpretation argument，but，It is impossible to use in critical thinking。If so，You cannot think that critical thinking is the application of logic。

Answer: The premise of "A so A" can support 100 % support conclusion，So，This is of course a good argument。In daily context，There is often such a preset: We need a non -cyclic argument，I hope to explain why a through other information。Logic tells us that "a" is a deduction，But this does not meet the requirements Bet365 lotto review of the daily context，Because there is a condition such as non -cycle。other，A requirement in logical semantic science also uses a requirement，The significance of the same symbol is a single，This can be said that "a" is a cycle。So，This special argument does not show that critical thinking is not the application of logic，Its particularity is exactly a result of logic application。

The essence of this controversy is in the final analysis of how to teach good logic。Critical thinking courses are being favored by more and more teachers and students and even the president of the university，Acknowledge the relationship between critical thinking and logic，This phenomenon is a prerequisite for becoming a good thing。Teachers of critical thinking class should be clear，Critical thinking is just logic at the application level。No logic，Can't talk about applications，Critical thinking, there is no way to talk about。Critical thinking class Teachers should learn logic，Try to understand logic knowledge as much as possible (such as at least one system judgment mechanism)。This，Teachers can be more ease in the critical thinking course，At the same time, it can better cultivate students' logical thinking literacy。

　　(This article is the "Starteable Construction Plan and Practical Exploration" of the Teaching Research Project of Huazhong University of Science and Technology in Huazhong University of Science and Technology)

(Author Unit: School of Philosophy at Huazhong University of Science and Technology)