Thinking for Yourself
Developing Critical Thinking Skills Through Writing
2nd Edition
Published on 1. March 1991
Book
Paperback/Softback
425 pages
978-0-534-13812-7 (ISBN)
Description
This book should be of interest to students of all disciplines.
This book should be of interest to students of all disciplines.
This book should be of interest to students of all disciplines.
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Edition
2nd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Belmont, CA
United States
Publishing group
Cengage Learning, Inc
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 180 mm
Width: 240 mm
Weight
650 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-534-13812-7 (9780534138127)
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Content
Part I: Basics of critical thinking. Chapter 1 Observation skills. Chapter 2 Work skills. Chapter 3 Facts. Chapter 4 Inferences. Part II: Problems of critical thinking. Chapter 5 Assumptions. Chapter 6 Opinions. Chapter 7 Evaluation. Chapter 8 Viewpoints. Chapter 9 Research skills. Part III: Forms and standards of critical thinking. Chapter 10 Inductive reasoning and inductive fallacies. Chapter 11 Deductive reasoning and deductive fallacies. Chapter 12 Critical analysis of argumentation. Index