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Thank You to Our Donors: 2023



43rd Annual International Conference on
Critical Thinking

A Special Thank-You to Our Donors

 

Since our first fund drive began in 2017, we have traditionally used our annual conference program to honor those whose generous gifts in the preceding year helped us continue our important work toward advancing fairminded critical thinking.

Since our conference has moved online, we are pleased to use this online space to provide our contributors with the recognition they deserve. Below, you will find a list of donors who offered their support of our work – either in time or resources – from June 24th, 2022 to June 13th, 2023.

 

Friends of the Foundation for Critical Thinking ($5-199)

Marherna Heryaeni
Rafael Machado
Deborah S Alexander
John Rugh
Beau Backus
Linda McCarriston
Lyman Grover
Susan Trevino
Linda Elaine
Paramaguru Krishnan
Anton Chomic
Oddrunn Vingen
Christopher Clark
Sherry Hansberry-Brown
Muhammad Ali
Rhonda Jaynes
Julio Rojas
Linda Grant

 

Ambassadors for Critical Thinking ($200-$399)

We thank John S. Yuille, Mirmojtaba Gharibi, Melvin Manson, and Robert S. McMillan for making charitable contributions at this level! 

 

Advocates for Critical Thinking

Thank you, George Hicken, for your rare generosity in support of the critical thinking movement!


Benefactor of Critical Thinking ($5,000 - $14,999)

Out sincerest appreciation goes to the remarkable generosity of Benjamin Wade, who contributed as a Benefactor this year to the Foundation for Critical Thinking. In a world where critical thinking is often paid lip service but rarely supported by genuine means, we very much appreaciate Mr. Wade's substantial contribution.

 

Gifts in Kind

Once again we thank Kevin Holmes, who for nearly three years has consistently contributed his time and technological expertise to our mission without asking anything in return; we are lucky to count him among our friends.

Finally, our gratitude goes to Kathy Abney, whose has donated her time and graphic design skills to us for more than a decade through patience, grace, and kindness. Thank you, Kathy, for your continued work to support fairminded critical thinking.

 

To add your name to next year's list . . .

Click here to donate to the Foundation for Critical Thinking and contribute to the development of fairminded critical societies. We also welcome in-kind gifts in marketing, web design or web maintenance, and other volunteer capacities  (email Dr. Linda Elder at lindaelder@criticalthinking.org). We are profoundly grateful for all of your help.




Please do not pass this message by.

CRITICAL THINKING IS AT RISK.

Here are some of the big reasons why:

  1. Many people believe that critical thinking should be free and that scholars qualified to teach critical thinking should do so for free. Accordingly, they do not think they should have to pay for critical thinking textbooks, courses, or other resources when there is "so much free material online" - despite how erroneous that material may be.
  2. There are many misguided academicians, and some outright charlatans, pushing forth and capitalizing on a pseudo-, partial, or otherwise impoverished concept of critical thinking.
  3. Little to no funding is designated for critical thinking professional development in schools, colleges, or universities, despite the lip service widely given to critical thinking (as is frequently found in mission statements).
  4. Most people, including faculty, think they already know what critical thinking is, despite how few have studied it to any significant degree, and despite how few can articulate a coherent, accurate, and sufficiently deep explanation of it.
  5. People rarely exhibit the necessary level of discipline to study and use critical thinking for reaching higher levels of self-actualization. In part, this is due to wasting intellectual and emotional energy on fruitless electronic entertainment designed to be addictive and profitable rather than educational and uplifting.
  6. On the whole, fairminded critical thinking is neither understood, fostered, nor valued in educational institutions or societies.
  7. People are increasingly able to cluster themselves with others of like mind through alluring internet platforms that enable them to validate one another's thinking - even when their reasoning is nonsensical, lopsided, prejudiced, or even dangerous.
  8. Critical thinking does not yet hold an independent place in academia. Instead, "critical thinking" is continually being "defined" and redefined according to any academic area or instructor that, claiming (frequently unsupported) expertise, steps forward to teach it.

As you see, increasingly powerful trends against the teaching, learning, and practice of critical thinking entail extraordinary challenges to our mission. To continue our work, we must now rely upon your financial support. If critical thinking matters to you, please click here to contribute what you can today.

WE NEED YOUR HELP TO CONTINUE OUR WORK.

Thank you for your support of ethical critical thinking.