Becoming a Critical Thinker
Pearson (Verlag)
978-0-13-241313-8 (ISBN)
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KEY TOPICS: Chapter topics include the foundations of arguments, reality and value assumptions and ethics, inductive arguments and generalizations, reasoning errors, the power of language, media literacy, fairmindedness, and persuasive speaking.
MARKET: For critical thinkers who want to be discerning about the messages they read or hear; make decisions based on careful consideration of both facts and values; be alert to distortion in reporting and advertising; and, defend their own viewpoints.
Preface
1 Foundations of Arguments
What Is a Critical Thinker and When Do You Need to Be One
2 Values and Ethics
What Price Ethics and Can You Afford Not to Pay?
3 Reality Assumptions
It’s Eleven O’Clock. Do You Know Where Your Assumptions Are?
4 Inductive Arguments: Statistical And Causal Generalizations
Prove It to me: What Are the Statistics?
5 Inductive Generalizations: Controlled Studies and Analogies
Who Said So? And Who Are They Anyway?
6 Reasoning Errors
I Know What I Think–Don’t Confuse Me with Facts
7 The Power of Language
What’s in a Name?
8 Suggestion in Media
Is What You See What You Get? Do You Really Want It?
9 Fair-Mindedness
It’s You and Me, Kid, and I’m Not So Sure About You
10 Persuasive Speaking
What’s Your Point? How Do You Sharpen It?
Glossary
Index
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 14.2.2008 |
|---|---|
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 234 x 175 mm |
| Gewicht | 635 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Logik |
| ISBN-10 | 0-13-241313-2 / 0132413132 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-13-241313-8 / 9780132413138 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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