Guillaume Beaulac is a contemporary Canadian philosopher working at the intersection of epistemology, cognitive science, and critical thinking theory. He has contributed to debates about the nature and generalizability of critical thinking skills, challenging domain-specific accounts advanced by philosophers such as John McPeck. His work examines the cognitive and normative dimensions of reasoning across domains.
Defended the existence of general (domain-transcendent) critical thinking skills against McPeck's domain-specificity thesis
Contributed to the interdisciplinary literature bridging epistemology and cognitive science
Engaged with normative theories of reasoning and their practical implications for education