Fisher, Alec.
Critical thinking : an introduction / Alec Fisher - Cambridge, U.K. : Cambridge University Press, 2001 - 249 p. : ill ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical referenes and index.
1. What is critical thinking and how to improve it. - 2. Identifying reasons and conclusions: the language of reasoning. - 3. Understanding reasoning : different patterns of reasoning. - 4. Understanding reasoning: assumptions, context and a thinking map. - 5. Clarifying and interpreting expressions and ideas. - 6. The acceptability of reasons: including their credibility. - 7. Judging the credibility of sources skilfully. - 8. Evaluating inferences: deductive validity and other grounds. - 9. Evaluating inferences: assumptions and other relevant arguments. - 10. Reasoning about causal explanations. - 11. Decision making: options, consequences, values and risks.
0521009847 (pbk.) 9780521009843 (pbk.)
Critical thinking--Problems, exercises, etc.
Critical thinking.
160 / FIS
Critical thinking : an introduction / Alec Fisher - Cambridge, U.K. : Cambridge University Press, 2001 - 249 p. : ill ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical referenes and index.
1. What is critical thinking and how to improve it. - 2. Identifying reasons and conclusions: the language of reasoning. - 3. Understanding reasoning : different patterns of reasoning. - 4. Understanding reasoning: assumptions, context and a thinking map. - 5. Clarifying and interpreting expressions and ideas. - 6. The acceptability of reasons: including their credibility. - 7. Judging the credibility of sources skilfully. - 8. Evaluating inferences: deductive validity and other grounds. - 9. Evaluating inferences: assumptions and other relevant arguments. - 10. Reasoning about causal explanations. - 11. Decision making: options, consequences, values and risks.
0521009847 (pbk.) 9780521009843 (pbk.)
Critical thinking--Problems, exercises, etc.
Critical thinking.
160 / FIS