بازنگری در خاستگاه تفکر انتقادی

نوع مقاله: پژوهشی

 

نویسنده به زبان انگلیسی : جو وای. اف. لاو 

دانشیار گروه فلسفه، دانشگاه هانگ‌کانگ

Email: jyflau@hku.hk | ORCID: 0000-0002-7225-8719

 

  برگردان به فارســـــی : مکارم داریوش

دانشجوی فلسفه در دانشگاه پانتئون – سوربن پاریس

 Email: makarimdariosh@gmail.com              

چکیده

در بابِ خاستگاه تفکر انتقادی، دو انگارۀ رایج وجود دارد: نخست اینکه مفهوم تفکر انتقادی با سقراط و شیوۀ پرسشگری او آغاز گشته است؛ و دوم اینکه اصطلاح «تفکر انتقادی» نخستین بار در سال ۱۹۱۰ توسط جان دیویی در کتاب چگونه می‌اندیشیم صورت‌بندی شد. نوشتار پیش‌ رو بر آن است که هر دو برداشت پیراسته از خطا نیستند. نخست آنکه «تأمل انتقادی» از ویژگی‌های بنیادینِ فیلسوفان پیشاسقراطی بود که مرز تمایز آنان با سنت‌های متقدم به شمار می‌رفت؛ از این رو، بایسته است آنان را پیشگامان نخستینِ تفکر انتقادی بازشناخت. دوم آنکه جان دیویی نه تنها پیش از سال ۱۹۱۰ این اصطلاح را به کار بسته بود، بلکه نویسندگان دیگری نیز پیش از او بدان مبادرت ورزیده بودند. در واقع، معنای تفکر انتقادی در آستانۀ سدۀ بیستم، در بسترِ سنت‌های زبانی گوناگونی همچون نقد ادبی، علوم تجربی، پزشکی و فلسفۀ کانتی قوام یافته است.

 

واژگان کلیدی:  تفکر انتقادی، تفکر تأملی، دیویی، فلسفه پیشاسقراطی، کانت، کولریج

موضوعات:  فلسفه و تاریخ اندیشه/  تفکر انتقادی/  فلسفه تعلیم و تربیت

 

عنوان مقاله English            

                Revisiting the origin of critical thinking   

نویسنده English                                                                                                     

English original text: Joe Y. F. La

Email: jyflau@hku.hk | ORCID: 0000-0002-7225-8719

Persian translation by: Makarim Dariosh

Email: makarimdariosh@gmail.com  

                                                                                            

 

چکیده  English

There are two popular views regarding the origin of critical thinking: (1) The concept of critical thinking began with Socrates and his Socratic method of questioning. (2) The term ‘critical thinking’ was first introduced by John Dewey in 1910 in his book How We Think. This paper argues that both claims are incorrect. Firstly, critical reflection was a distinguishing characteristic of the Presocratic philosophers, setting them apart from earlier traditions. Therefore, they should be recognized as even earlier pioneers of critical thinking. Secondly, John Dewey not only used the term ‘critical thinking’ before 1910, but there were also other authors who used it before him. The meaning of ‘critical thinking’ at the turn of the twentieth century was shaped by various traditions of linguistic usage, including literary criticism, science and medicine, and Kantian philosophy.

 

 

واژگان کلیدی: English

Critical thinking, reflective thinking, presocratic philosophy, Kant, Coleridge, Dewey

 

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