PART I: The VERY IDEA OF CRITICAL AND CREATIVE THINKING: The Inseparability of Critical and Creative Thought -- Thinking That Grasps the Logic of Things -- Reasoning as a Creative Act -- Creative Genius - an Exception? -- Language as a Guide -- The Narrow-Minded Genius -- The Interplay Among Inborn Gifts, Environment, and Self-Motivation -- The Questioning Minds of Newton, Darwin, and Einstein -- Creativity - Not Mystified -- The Elements of Thought -- Intellectual Standards -- Critical Thinking Applied to the Arts -- PART II: CRITICAL/CREATIVE THINKING AND THE FOUNDATIONS OF MEANINGFULNESS: Figuring Out the Logic of Things -- Learning Concepts and Language -- Critiquing Human Thinking -- Learning Academic Disciplines -- Questioning -- Reading,Writing, Speaking, and Listening.