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Item specifics
- Condition
- Pages
- 212
- Publication Date
- 2006-01-31
- Book Title
- Asking the Right Questions: A Guide to Critical Thinking
- Edition Number
- 8
- ISBN
- 9780132203043
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Prentice Hall PTR
ISBN-10
0132203049
ISBN-13
9780132203043
eBay Product ID (ePID)
47958515
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
240 Pages
Publication Name
Asking the Right Questions : a Guide to Critical Thinking
Language
English
Publication Year
2006
Subject
Reading Skills, General, Cognitive Psychology & Cognition, Composition & Creative Writing
Features
Revised
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Literary Criticism, Language Arts & Disciplines, Psychology
Series
Alternative Etext Formats Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.5 in
Item Weight
10.8 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Edition Number
8
Intended Audience
College Audience
LCCN
2005-032905
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
808
Table Of Content
Preface 1 The Benefit of Asking the Right Questions Introduction Critical Thinking to the Rescue The Sponge and Panning for Gold: Alternative Thinking Styles An Example of the Panning-for-Gold Approach Panning for Gold: Asking Critical Questions The Myth of the "Right Answer" Thinking and Feeling The Purpose of Asking the Question, "Who Cares?" Weak-Sense and Strong-Sense Critical Thinking The Satisfaction of Using the Panning-for-Gold Approach Trying Out New Answers Effective Communication and Critical Thinking The Importance of Practice The Right Questions 2 What Are the Issue and the Conclusion? Kinds of Issues Searching for the Issue Searching for the Author's or Speaker's Conclusion Clues to Discovery: How to Find the Conclusion Critical Thinking and Your Own Writing and Speaking Practice Exercises 3 What Are the Reasons? Reasons + Conclusion = Argument Initiating the Questioning Process Words That Identify Reasons Kinds of Reasons Keeping the Reasons and Conclusions Straight Reasons First, Then Conclusions "Fresh" Reasons and Your Growth Critical Thinking and Your Own Writing and Speaking Practice Exercises 4 What Words or Phrases Are Ambiguous? The Confusing Flexibility of Words Locating Key Terms and Phrases Checking for Ambiguity Determining Ambiguity Context and Ambiguity Ambiguity, Definitions, and the Dictionary Ambiguity and Loaded Language Limits of Your Responsibility to Clarify Ambiguity Ambiguity and Your Own Writing and Speaking Summary Practice Exercises 5 What Are the Value Conflicts and Assumptions? General Guide for Identifying Assumptions Value Conflicts and Assumptions Discovering Values From Values to Value Assumptions Typical Value Conflicts The Communicator's Background as a Clue to Value Assumptions Consequences as Clues to Value Assumptions More Hints for Finding Value Assumptions Avoiding a Typical Difficulty When Identifying Value Assumptions Finding Value Assumptions on Your Own Values and Relativism Summary Practice Exercises 6 What Are the Descriptive Assumptions? Illustrating Descriptive Assumptions Clues for Locating Assumptions Applying the Clues Avoiding Analysis of Trivial Assumptions Assumptions and Your Own Writing and Speaking Summary Practice Exercises 7 Are There Any Fallacies in the Reasoning? A Questioning Approach to Finding Reasoning Fallacies Evaluating Assumptions as a Starting Point Discovering Other Common Reasoning Fallacies Looking for Diversions Sleight of Hand: Begging the Question Summary of Reasoning Errors Expanding Your Knowledge of Fallacies Fallacies and Your Own Writing and Speaking Practice Exercises 8 How Good Is the Evidence: Intuition, Personal Experience, Testimonials, and Appeals to Authority? The Need for Evidence Locating Factual Claims Sources of Evidence I
Edition Description
Revised edition
Synopsis
For Courses on Critical Thinking, Argumentative Writing, Informal Logic courses, as well as Student Success courses. Asking the Right Questions is a concise, well-priced book with great examples, and it thoroughly covers critical thinking. This highly popular text helps students bridge the gap between simply memorizing or blindly accepting information, and the greater challenge of critical analysis and synthesis. It teaches them to respond to alternative points of view and develop a solid foundation for making personal choices about what to accept and what to reject. Perfect for freshman courses, this brief book does an amazingly thorough job covering critical thinking.
LC Classification Number
PN83.B785 2007
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