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Critical thinking skills : developing effective analysis and argument / Stella Cottrell.

By: Cottrell, Stella.
Series: Palgrave study guides.Publisher: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2005Description: xiv, 250 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.ISBN: 1403996857 (pbk.); 9781403996855 (pbk.).Subject(s): Critical thinkingDDC classification: 160
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. What is Critical Thinking? - 2. How Well Do You Think? Develop your thinking skills - 3. What's their Point? Identifying arguments - 4. Is it an Argument? Argument and non-argument - 5. How Well Do They Say It? Clarity, consistency and structure - 6. Reading Between the Lines: Recognising underlying assumptions and implicit arguments - 7. Does it Add Up? Identifying flaws in the argument - 8. Where's the Proof? Finding and evaluating sources of evidence - 9. Critical Reading and Note-making: Critical selection, interpretation and noting of source material - 10. Critical, Analytical Writing: Critical thinking when writing - 11. Where's the Analysis? Evaluating critical writing. - Texts for activities in chapters 8, 9 and 11. - Practice activities on longer texts. Practice 1. Features of an argument. Practice 2. Finding flaws in the argument. Practice 3. Features of an argument. Practice 4. Finding flaws in the argument. - Appendix : selected search engines and databases for on-line literature searches. - bibliography. - Index.