Dr. Linda Elder is an educational psychologist who has taught both
psychology and critical thinking at the college level. She is the
President of the Foundation for Critical Thinking and the Executive
Director of the Center for Critical Thinking. She has a special
interest in the relation of thought and emotion, as well as the
cognitive and affective. She has developed an original theory of
the stages of critical thinking development. Elder has coauthored
four books on critical thinking, as well as all 23 titles found in
the Thinker's Guide Library.
Dr. Richard Paul was a leading proponent of critical thinking and
through his work and legacy remains an international authority in
the field. He founded the Center for Critical Thinking at Sonoma
State University in 1980, followed by the Foundation for Critical
Thinking. He developed concepts, principles, and theory essentials
to a robust and fairminded conception of critical thinking and
authored more than 200 articles and seven books on the topic. He
presented workshops to hundreds of thousands of educators over his
35-year career as a leader in the critical thinking movement.
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