THINKERS GUIDE TO ANALYTIC THINKING: How to Take Thinking Apart and What to Look for When You Do (Thinker's Guide Library) - Softcover

Book 18 of 22: Thinker's Guide Library

Paul, Richard

 
9780944583197: THINKERS GUIDE TO ANALYTIC THINKING: How to Take Thinking Apart and What to Look for When You Do (Thinker's Guide Library)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0944583199 ISBN 13: 9780944583197
Publisher: Foundations of Critical Thinking, 2016

Synopsis

The Thinker’s Guide to Analytic Thinking explores the practice of analyzing problems and opportunities and provides a framework for finding common denominators, inconsistencies, biases, and underlying causes. It helps readers learn to think within the logic of subjects and professions. By offering proper tools for analysis and assessment of thought, it empowers readers to address any decision with confidence.

As part of the Thinker’s Guide Library, this book advances the mission of the Foundation for Critical Thinking to promote fairminded critical societies through cultivating essential intellectual abilities and virtues across every field of study across world.

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About the Authors

Dr. Linda Elder is an educational psychologist who has taught both psychology and critical thinking at the college level. She has been President of the Foundation for Critical Thinking and the Executive Director of the Center for Critical Thinking for almost 25 years. She has a special interest in the relation of thought and emotion, as well as the cognitive and affective. She has developed an original theory of the stages of critical thinking development. Elder has coauthored four books on critical thinking, as well as all 23 titles found in the Thinker's Guide Library.

Dr. Richard Paul was a leading proponent of critical thinking and through his work and legacy remains an international authority in the field. He founded the Center for Critical Thinking at Sonoma State University in 1980, followed by the Foundation for Critical Thinking. He developed concepts, principles, and theory essentials to a robust and fairminded conception of critical thinking and authored more than 200 articles and seven books on the topic. He presented workshops to hundreds of thousands of educators over his 35-year career as a leader in the critical thinking movement.

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Publisher
Foundations of Critical Thinking
Publication date
2016
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0944583199
ISBN 13 
9780944583197
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
2
Number of pages
58