Critical thinking tools for taking charge of your learning and your life /
"Written by two international authorities on critical thinking, this book details an integrated, universal concept of critical thinking that is both substantive and applicable to any and every situation in which human thinking is necessary. It provides students with the basic intellectual tools...
| Main Author: | Paul, Richard, |
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| Other Authors: | Elder, Linda, 1962- |
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Lanham, Maryland :
Rowman & Littlefield,
[2021]
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| Physical Description: |
xlix, 590 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm. |
| Edition: | Fourth edition. |
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| Summary: |
"Written by two international authorities on critical thinking, this book details an integrated, universal concept of critical thinking that is both substantive and applicable to any and every situation in which human thinking is necessary. It provides students with the basic intellectual tools needed for life-long learning, helping them understand the mind and how its three functions - thinking, feeling, motivating - influence one another. Critical thinking fosters the development of fairminded critical thinking and explores intellectual standards such as clarity, precision, accuracy, logicalness, significance, depth, breadth, and fairness; the importance of skilled and deep questioning; and how to take thinking apart in order to find problems in thinking and then improve thinking"-- Back cover. |
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| Item Description: |
First edition 2001, Second edition 2006, Third edition 2012. Includes bibliographical references (pages 563-565) and index. Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Become a fairminded thinker -- The first four stages of development : at what level of thinking would you place yourself? -- Self-understanding in a complex world -- The parts of thinking -- Standards for thinking -- Ask questions that lead to good thinking -- Master the thinking, master the content -- Discover how the best thinkers learn -- Refine grades as levels of thinking and learning -- Make decisions and solve problems -- Argumentation theory and critical thinking -- Deal with your irrational mind -- Develop as an ethical reasoner -- How to detect media bias and political propaganda -- Fallacies : the art of mental trickery and manipulation -- Learning and using information critically and ethically : Part I, critique of disciplines -- Learning and using information critically and ethically : Part II -- Strategic thinking : Part I -- Strategic thinking : Part II -- Becoming an advanced thinker : our conclusion -- Appendices -- A glossary of critical thinking terms and concepts. "Written by two international authorities on critical thinking, this book details an integrated, universal concept of critical thinking that is both substantive and applicable to any and every situation in which human thinking is necessary. It provides students with the basic intellectual tools needed for life-long learning, helping them understand the mind and how its three functions - thinking, feeling, motivating - influence one another. Critical thinking fosters the development of fairminded critical thinking and explores intellectual standards such as clarity, precision, accuracy, logicalness, significance, depth, breadth, and fairness; the importance of skilled and deep questioning; and how to take thinking apart in order to find problems in thinking and then improve thinking"-- Back cover. |
| Physical Description: |
xlix, 590 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 563-565) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781538138748 1538138743 |