Works Cited and Recommended References

Works Cited

The following sources were explicitly referenced or quoted within Chapter 1.

• Aeon. “Why are women philosophers often erased from collective memory?” Aeon Essays.

• Confucius (Kongzi). The Analects.

• Nagel, Jennifer. “Finding Safety in Knowledge.”

• Plato. The Republic.

• Russell, Bertrand. “The Value of Philosophy.” From The Problems of Philosophy.

• Vaughn, Lewis. The Power of Critical Thinking: Effective Reasoning About Ordinary and Extraordinary Claims. 3rd ed. Oxford University Press, 2009.

Recommended References

These supplemental materials offer deeper dives into the concepts of intellectual temperament, the value of philosophy in higher education, and the methodology of truth-seeking.

Essential Essays & Articles

• Aeon Essays. “Why are women philosophers often erased from collective memory?” (Exploration of diversity in the philosophical canon).

• Nagel, Jennifer. Finding Safety in Knowledge.

• New York Times. “Starving for Wisdom.”

• Payne, Russ. How to be a Reasonable Person.

• Five Views. “Why Philosophy?”

Critical Thinking in Higher Education

• Diversity is Not Enough. (Analysis of inclusion in academic discourse).

• Does College Teach Critical Thinking? (Empirical review of learning outcomes).

• Philosophical Temperament. (Defining the mindset of the inquirer).

• Truthseeking as a Learning Outcome. (Strategies for integrating inquiry into the curriculum).