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Keith Stanovich email: keith.stanovich@utoronto.ca | ||
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Research Overview The ability to think critically - to rationally examine a situation or argument - is widely viewed as the essential element of problem solving. Just as widely, the ability to reason without bias, known as decontextualized reasoning, is seen as an essential characteristic of good critical thought. Decontextualized thinking is said to be characterized by the reliance on universals over particulars, the ability to criticize prior assumptions, induction from a variety of examples rather than reliance on salient anecdotes, and the reliance on logic rather than social context for problem solving. Dr. Stanovich's research reflects a systematic attempt to understand the concept of decontextualized reasoning - what it is as a construct and how it develops. Research Projects/Activities: Click below for information on Dr Stanovich's latest research developments: http://www.keithstanovich.com/Site/Home.html Teaching Overview Dr. Stanovich's specialty courses include: HDP3282: The Psychology of Critical Thinking HDP5281: Research and Theories of Reading Disability Representative Publications
Stanovich, K. E. (2004). The robot's rebellion: Finding meaning in the age of Darwin. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. |
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