Abstract

HERNANDEZ-RODRIGUEZ, Juan Camilo  and  RODRIGUEZ-ORTIZ, Angélica María. Let's Put Logic to It! A Proposal for Development of Critical Thinking through Argumentation Learning. Folios [online]. 2022, n.56, pp.161-184.  Epub Nov 10, 2022. ISSN 0123-4870.  https://doi.org/10.17227/folios.56-12712.

This paper presents the results from research about the contributions of propositional logic in the development of two fundamental competencies of critical thinking: argumentation and texts comprehension in students in 10th grade. As resources, philosophical texts were used. The study was qualitative with a descriptive scope. The results found were that leading students through the transition from formal language to natural language strengthens their inferential, creative and critical reading development skills. Likewise, in the arguments process of formalization, thestudents acquired elements to evaluate their own and other people's speeches, find their weaknesses, and initiate a process of restructuring their arguments based on the Toulminian model. Considering the latter, it was evidenced that, contrary to what Toulmin himself sometimes seems to suggest, propositional learning of logic is not an obstacle to developing competencies such as dialectic argumentation. On the contrary, well-used propositional logic can be a useful method for students to be able to structure better their reasoning and assess more accurately those of their peers based on more solid and explicit criteria.

Keywords : logic; argumentation; texts comprehension; critical thinking; teaching.

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