How to think critically: a concise guide
Begins with the premise that we are all, every day, engaged in critical thinking. But as we may develop bad habits in daily life if we don't scrutinize our practices, so we are apt to develop bad habits in critical thinking if we are careless in our reasoning. This book exists to instill good thinking habits: attentiveness to word choice, avoidance of fallacies, and effective construction and assessment of arguments.
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- Full title :How to think critically : a concise guide / Jeff McLaughlin.
Summary
Begins with the premise that we are all, every day, engaged in critical thinking. But as we may develop bad habits in daily life if we don't scrutinize our practices, so we are apt to develop bad habits in critical thinking if we are careless in our reasoning. This book exists to instill good thinking habits: attentiveness to word choice, avoidance of fallacies, and effective construction and assessment of arguments.
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- Publication Date:©2014
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Broadview Press
- Place of Publication:Peterborough, Ontario
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2014
Notes
Includes index.
Affixed to the cover is a student access code card to a passcode-protected website of additional resources.
The Physical Object
- Description:198 pages : : illustrations ; : 23 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781554812165, 155481216X
- oclc:ocn879516334
- LC Classification:BC177
- Dewey Decimal:160
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