„A well-structured path of increasing diculty, disseminated by useful examples and study cases taken from avariety of disciplines as well as from common situations.“Zentralblatt MATH (of the previous edition)
A thoroughly updated introduction to the concepts, methods, andstandards of critical thinking, A Practical Guide to CriticalThinking: Deciding What to Do and Believe, SecondEdition is a unique presentation of the formal strategiesused when thinking through reasons and arguments in many areas ofexpertise. Pursuing an interdisciplinary approach to criticalthinking, the book offers a broad conception of critical thinkingand explores the practical relevance to conducting research acrossfields such as, business, education, and the biologicalsciences. Applying rigor when necessary, the Second Edition maintainsan informal approach to the fundamental core concepts of criticalthinking. With practical strategies for defining, analyzing, andevaluating reasons and arguments, the book illustrates how theconcept of an argument extends beyond philosophical roots intoexperimentation, testing, measurement, and policy development andassessment. Featuring plenty of updated exercises for a wide rangeof subject areas, A Practical Guide to Critical ThinkingDeciding What to Do and Believe, Second Edition alsoincludes:
* Numerous real-world examples from many fields of research, which reflect the applicability of critical thinking in everydaylife
* New topical coverage, including the nature of reasons, assertion and supposing, narrow and broad definitions, circumstantial reasons, and reasoning about causal claims
* Selected answers to various exercises to provide readers withinstantaneous feedback to support and extend the lessons
A Practical Guide to Critical Thinking Deciding What to Doand Believe, Second Edition is an excellent textbook forcourses on critical thinking and logic at the undergraduate andgraduate levels as well as an appropriate reference for anyone witha general interest in critical thinking skills.
* Numerous real-world examples from many fields of research, which reflect the applicability of critical thinking in everydaylife
* New topical coverage, including the nature of reasons, assertion and supposing, narrow and broad definitions, circumstantial reasons, and reasoning about causal claims
* Selected answers to various exercises to provide readers withinstantaneous feedback to support and extend the lessons
A Practical Guide to Critical Thinking Deciding What to Doand Believe, Second Edition is an excellent textbook forcourses on critical thinking and logic at the undergraduate andgraduate levels as well as an appropriate reference for anyone witha general interest in critical thinking skills.
