Think critically

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Facione, Peter A. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Upper Saddle River, NJ : Prentice Hall , c2011
Edition:Student ed
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Purposeful, reflective judgment
  • 2. The 'able' in 'willing and able' to think critically
  • 3. The 'willing' in 'willing and able' to think critically
  • 4. Clarifying ideas
  • 5. Using maps to analyze arguments and decisions
  • 6. Evaluating claims
  • 7. Evaluating arguments
  • 8. Evaluating deductive and inductive reasoning
  • 9. Snap judgments: heuristic thinking
  • 10. Deciding what to do and doing it
  • 11. Comparative reasoning: 'this is like that' thinking
  • 12. Ideological reasoning 'top down' thinking
  • 13. Empirical reasoning: 'bottom up' thinking