Critical Thinking Skills for Dummies
- 5h 33m
- Martin Cohen
- John Wiley & Sons (UK)
- 2015
Turbocharge your reasoning with Critical Thinking
Just what are the ingredients of a great argument? What is the secret to communicating your ideas clearly and persuasively? And how do you see through sloppy thinking and flim-flam? If you’ve ever asked any of these questions, then this book is for you!
These days, strong critical thinking skills provide a vital foundation for academic success, and Critical Thinking Skills For Dummies offers a clear and unintimidating introduction to what can otherwise be a pretty complex topic. Inside, you'll get hands-on, lively, and fun exercises that you can put to work today to improve your arguments and pin down key issues.
With this accessible and friendly guide, you'll get plain-English instruction on how to identify other people's assumptions, methodology, and conclusions, evaluate evidence, and interpret texts effectively. You'll also find tips and guidance on reading between the lines, assessing validity – and even advice on when not to apply logic too rigidly!
Critical Thinking Skills for Dummies:
- Provides tools and strategies from a range of disciplines great for developing your reflective thinking skills
- Offers expert guidance on sound reasoning and textual analysis
- Shows precisely how to use concept mapping and brainstorming to generate insights
- Demonstrates how critical thinking skills is a proven path to success as a student
Whether you're undertaking reviews, planning research projects or just keen to give your brain a workout, Critical Thinking Skills For Dummies equips you with everything you need to succeed.
About the Author
Martin Cohen is a philosopher, editor and reviewer. His first book, 101 Philosophy Problems, has been published in a dozen languages and is now in its fourth edition.
In this Book
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Introduction
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Entering the Exciting World of Critical Thinking
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Peering into the Mind—How People Think
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Planting Ideas in Your Head—The Sociology of Thinking
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Assessing Your Thinking Skills
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Critical Thinking is like … Solving Puzzles—Reasoning by Analogy
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Thinking in Circles—The Power of Recursion
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Drawing on Graphical (and other) Tools for Thinking
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Constructing Knowledge—Information Hierarchies
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Getting to the Heart of the (Reading) Matter
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Cultivating Your Critical Writing Skills
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Speaking and Listening Critically—Effective Learning
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Unlocking the Logic of Real Arguments
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Behaving like a Rational Animal
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Using Words to Persuade—The Art of Rhetoric
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Presenting Evidence and Justifying Opinions
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Ten Logical Pitfalls and How to Avoid Them
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Ten Arguments That Changed the World
