Mayfield, Marlys, 1931-
Thinking for yourself : developing critical thinking skills through reading and writing / Marlys Mayfield. - 7th ed. - Boston, MA : Thomson Wadsworth, c2007. - xxiii, 408 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes index.
Introduction. Introduction to critical thinking. - Pt 1. Basic of critical thinking. Ch.1 Observation skills : what's out there?. Ch 2. Word precision : how do I describe it? Ch 3. Facts : what's real?. Ch.4 Inferences : what follows? - Pt II. Problems of critical thinking. Ch.5. Assumption : what's taken for granted? Ch 6. Opinions : what's believed? Ch 7. Evaluations : what's judged? Ch. 8. Viewpoints : what's the filter? - Pt.III. Forms and standards of critical thinking. Ch. 9. Arguments : what's good argument? Ch. 10. Fallacies : what's faulty argument? Ch. 11. Inductive reasoning and Inductive fallacies : how do I reason from evidence? Ch. 12. Deductive reasoning : how do I reason from premises? - Appendix 1. The research paper. - Appendix 2. Media literacy. - Index. - Credits.
141301772X (pbk.) 9781413017724 (pbk.)
English language--Rhetoric
Critical thinking
Academic writing
808.042 / MAY
Thinking for yourself : developing critical thinking skills through reading and writing / Marlys Mayfield. - 7th ed. - Boston, MA : Thomson Wadsworth, c2007. - xxiii, 408 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes index.
Introduction. Introduction to critical thinking. - Pt 1. Basic of critical thinking. Ch.1 Observation skills : what's out there?. Ch 2. Word precision : how do I describe it? Ch 3. Facts : what's real?. Ch.4 Inferences : what follows? - Pt II. Problems of critical thinking. Ch.5. Assumption : what's taken for granted? Ch 6. Opinions : what's believed? Ch 7. Evaluations : what's judged? Ch. 8. Viewpoints : what's the filter? - Pt.III. Forms and standards of critical thinking. Ch. 9. Arguments : what's good argument? Ch. 10. Fallacies : what's faulty argument? Ch. 11. Inductive reasoning and Inductive fallacies : how do I reason from evidence? Ch. 12. Deductive reasoning : how do I reason from premises? - Appendix 1. The research paper. - Appendix 2. Media literacy. - Index. - Credits.
141301772X (pbk.) 9781413017724 (pbk.)
English language--Rhetoric
Critical thinking
Academic writing
808.042 / MAY