The development of critical ability, or cognitive criticism, is being studied in a two-year Swedish project described in this progress report. Cognitive criticism is valuable in all occupational fields, but especially futurology and technology assessment. This project proposes to make concrete the aims of critical training, and to identify and synthesize common trains of thought in the extensive material on cognitive criticism. The project will lead to concrete proposals regarding teaching, and it should help construct a basic course in theoretical philosophy with emphasis on critical thought. Such a course could be combined with several university subjects at the undergraduate level. (LBH)