Thinking for yourself : developing critical thinking skills through reading and writing / Marlys Mayfield.
By: Mayfield, Marlys
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Publisher: Boston, MA : Thomson Wadsworth, c2007Edition: 7th ed.Description: xxiii, 408 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 141301772X (pbk.); 9781413017724 (pbk.).Subject(s): English language -- Rhetoric | Critical thinking | Academic writingDDC classification: 808.042 | Item type | Current location | Shelf location | Call number | Copy number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode |
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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.