How would you determine whether studying philosophy improves critical thinking? Last October, Michael Prinzing (Baylor) & Michael Vazquez (UNC) produced an informal report for the American Philosophical Association arguing that, even though there are some selection effects, they had nonetheless found some “initial and suggestive evidence” in favor of the claim that majoring in philosophy makes students, in general, better thinkers. Prinzing and Vazquez incorporated these findings...
