Critical Thinking for Students: Learn the Skills of Critical Assessment and Effective Argument (How to books)

Critical Thinking for Students: Learn the Skills of Critical Assessment and Effective Argument (How to books)

by RoyvandenBrink-Budgen (Author)

Synopsis

The skills of Critical Thinking are important whatever subject you are studying. They enable you to assess what's been said or written by asking the right questions: 'What does this mean?' 'What else could it mean?' 'What other evidence do I need?' With your answers, you can suggest other explanations or scenarios: 'Perhaps it's this rather than that'. As a creative, enquiring thinker, you can then move on to produce well-argued material of your own. This new edition has been totally updated, but it continues in the tradition of the earlier editions in that it is invaluable for all students, whether you're doing a course in Critical Thinking (like the AS-level) or not. It quite simply covers everything you need to become a skilled Critical Thinker. Contents: Preface to 4th Edition; 1. Giving Claims a Significance; 2. Explanations; 3. Inferences; 4. Assumptions; 5. More Building Up of Arguments; 6. Evaluation of Arguments: Looking at Evidence; 7. Evaluation of Arguments: Weaknesses in Reasoning; 8. Analogies, Hypotheses; Definations and Principles; 9. Credibility of Evidence; 10. Producing Arguments; Resources for further study; Additional information for the exercises; Index.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 120
Edition: 3
Publisher: How To Books
Published: 01 Jul 2000

ISBN 10: 1857036344
ISBN 13: 9781857036343

Media Reviews
When teaching for the OCR AS-Level course I found this an ideal book - the right depth for teachers and the right length for students. It is written with such obvious enthusiasm for lucid and practical thinking that it can be recommended to teachers and students in any field. Roger Sutcliffe, President, Sapere
Author Bio
Roy van den Brink-Budgen PhD teaches Critical Thinking and has developed materials on the subject for a major school examination board.