Critical thinking is often misunderstood as the act of finding faults or poking holes in arguments. Perhaps it’s the word “critical” that trips us up, conjuring images of harsh judgment or opposition. But true critical thinking isn’t about tearing things apart—it’s about going deeper. At its heart, critical thinking is the ability to look beneath…
Metaphor: The New Critical Thinking? Every so often, I receive an email that lingers in my thoughts for weeks. One such email, from someone named Eileen, has been sitting in my inbox for two months. The subject line alone stopped me in my tracks: “As if…metaphor is the new critical thinking?” That phrase has stayed…
Yesterday, I stumbled upon something I wrote back in 2000, a pivotal time when I was opening up my creative channels. It was a few years after completing my Ph.D. in 1996 and spending some time teaching. But by then, I felt the need to step away from the “Ph.D.” identity entirely and explore a…
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