It's good day for it.
Topics: This morning I discovered a new website: www.criticalthinking.org, the homepage of The Critical Thinking Community.
There's been a lot of talk on the show lately about the connection between critical thinking and emotional intelligence. And after searching through the site, I discovered the work of an educational psychologist named Linda Elder. I was very intrigued by her paper, Critical Thinking Development: A Stage Theory, so I thought I would turn it into a nice mp3 for you.
Woven throughout the theory is a call to understand the roll emotional intelligence plays in effective and rational thinking, so I have also included some audio from an Objectivist writer and lecturer on philosophy named Dr.Diana Hsieh. Dr. Hsieh (Promounced "Shay") also hosts a Q&A webcast called Philosophy In Action.
Look Closer:
Critical Thinking and Emotional Intelligence,by Linda Elder
http://www.criticalthinking.org/pages/cognition-and-affect-critical-thi…
Philosophy: Who Needs It
http://www.aynrand.org/site/PageServer?pagename=objectivism_nonfiction_…