Asking the right questions : a guide to critical thinking

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Browne, M. Neil , 1944- (Author), Keeley, Stuart M. , 1941- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Prentice Hall , c2010
Edition:9th ed
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245 1 0 |a Asking the right questions :   |b a guide to critical thinking   |c M. Neil Browne 
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260 |a Upper Saddle River, N.J. :   |b Prentice Hall ,   |c c2010 
300 |a xii, 179 p. :   |b ill. ;   |c 23 cm. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index 
505 0 |a 1. The benefit of asking the right -- 2. Critical thinking as a social activity --- 3. What are the issue and the conclusion? -- 4. What are the reasons? -- 5. What words or phrases are ambiguous? -- 6. What are the value and descriptive assumptions? -- 7. Are there any fallacies in the reasoning? -- 8. How good is the evidence: intuition, personal experience, testimonials, and appeals to authority? -- 9. How good is the evidence: personal observation, research studies, case examples, and analogies? -- 10. Are there rival causes? -- 11. Are the statistics deceptive? -- 12. What significant information is omitted? -- 13. What reasonable conclusions are possible? -- 14. Overcoming obstacles to critical thinking 
650 0 |a Critical thinking 
650 0 |a Criticism 
700 1 |a Keeley, Stuart M. ,   |d 1941- ,   |e author 
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