Asking the right questions : a guide to critical thinking /
Used in a variety of courses in various disciplines, Asking the Right Questions helps bridge the gap between simply memorizing or blindly accepting information, and the greater challenge of critical analysis and synthesis. Specifically, this concise text teaches how to think critically by exploring...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Boston :
Pearson,
[2012].
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| Edition: | Tenth edition. |
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| Summary: | Used in a variety of courses in various disciplines, Asking the Right Questions helps bridge the gap between simply memorizing or blindly accepting information, and the greater challenge of critical analysis and synthesis. Specifically, this concise text teaches how to think critically by exploring the components of arguments, issues, conclusions, reasons, evidence, assumptions and language, and on how to spot fallacies and manipulations and obstacles to critical thinking. |
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| Item Description: | Includes index. |
| Physical Description: | xi, 176 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
| ISBN: | 9780205111169 0205111165 9780132846165 0132846160 9781486011957 1486011950 |