Beyond Feelings: A Guide to Critical Thinking - Softcover
Opening with a definition of critical thinking, the book goes on to discuss some of the difficulties of developing a disciplined way of evaluating problems and some ideas on how this ideal might be achieved. The author tries to apply the practice to contemporary issues, such as AIDS.
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This text defines critical thinking, describes the most common problems associated with everyday reasoning, and offers practical strategies for overcoming those problems. This edition includes: updated examples and exercises; coverage of mass culture and how it shapes our thinking patterns; a section on argumentation, including guidelines for evaluating supportive assertions and new exercises on focusing argument evaluation; and a revised chapter on logical fallacies including new coverage of "Errors of Perspective", "Efforts of Procedure", "False Analogy", and "Errors of Reaction".
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- PublisherMayfield Publishing Co ,U.S.
- Publication date1996
- ISBN 10 1559343575
- ISBN 13 9781559343572
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number4
- Number of pages233
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Book Description Soft cover. Condition: New. Octavo, softcover, new in green pictorial wraps. succinct, interdisciplinary introduction to critical reasoning successfully dares students to question their own assumptions and to enlarge their thinking world through the analysis of the most common problems associated with everyday reasoning. The text offers a unique and effective organization: Part I explains the fundamental concepts; Part II describes the most common barriers to critical thinking; Part III offers strategies for overcoming those barriers; Part IV offers a selection of contemporary issues that invite students to practice their skills. 233 pp. including index. Seller Inventory # 82789
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