Critical thinking Quote by Martha Nussbaum

The humanities prepare students to be good citizens and help them understand a complicated, interlocking world. The humanities teach us critical thinking, how to…

— Martha C. Nussbaum

Every single university student should study philosophy. You need to lead the examined life and question your beliefs. If you don't learn critical thinking,…

— Martha Nussbaum

The theoretical broadening which comes from having many humanities subjects on the campus is offset by the general dopiness of the people who study…

— Richard P. Feynman

I think that when people are at their best, when they are thinking, reflecting, cogitating, then they are doing philosophy. So I don't see…

— Simon Critchley

The humanities have been forced to disguise, both from themselves and their students, why their subjects really matter, for the sake of attracting money…

— Alain de Botton

The notion that every well educated person would have a mastery of at least the basic elements of the humanities, sciences, and social sciences…

— Joseph Stiglitz

Every high school and college graduate in America should, I think, have some familiarity with statistics, economics and a foreign language such as Spanish.…

— Nicholas Kristof

Like contemporary poetry, philosophy is one of those things, especially at the beginning stages, most people would rather do than study - which is…

— Samuel R. Delany

Philosophy is not just about talking or lecturing or even reading long, dense books. In fact, it is something men and women of action…

— Ryan Holiday

“When our children are old enough, and if we can afford to, we send them to college, where despite the recent proliferation of courses…

— Barbara Ehrenreich

If philosophy begins in wonder, pedagogy typically begins in frustration.

— Lee S Shulman