The dissertation not only overviews the history of critical thinking research movement in 20 century, but also analyzes philosophical views about critical thinking before then.

• 不仅研究了20世纪批判性思维运动的历史发展轨迹，而且将批判性思维研究的历史往前追溯，对它的早期哲学形态做了概括与分析。