eBook For Critical Thinking Skills For Dummies 2nd Edition By Martin Cohen
This eBook teaches how to think clearly and make good decisions. Martin Cohen explains simple ways to ask questions, check facts, and understand ideas. The book shows how critical thinking helps people solve problems and avoid mistakes. It helps readers build strong thinking skills for everyday life.
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Table of Contents
Introduction 1Part 1: Getting Started with Critical Thinking Skills 7
CHAPTER 1: Entering the Exciting World of Critical Thinking 9
CHAPTER 2: Peering into the Mind: How People Think 23
CHAPTER 3: Planting Ideas in Your Head: The Sociology of Thinking 43
CHAPTER 4: Assessing Your Thinking Skills 69
Part 2: Developing Your Critical Thinking Skills 97
CHAPTER 5: Critical Thinking Is Like . . . Solving Puzzles: Reasoning by Analogy 99
CHAPTER 6: Thinking in Circles: The Power of Recursion 119
CHAPTER 7: Drawing on Graphics for Thinking 139
CHAPTER 8: Constructing Knowledge: Information Hierarchies 163
Part 3: Applying Critical Thinking in Practice 181
CHAPTER 9: Getting to the Heart of the (Reading) Matter 183
CHAPTER 10: Cultivating Your Critical Writing Skills 205
CHAPTER 11: Speaking and Listening Critically 225
Part 4: Reason and Argument 243
CHAPTER 12: Unlocking the Logic of Real Arguments 245
CHAPTER 13: Behaving Like a Rational Animal 265
CHAPTER 14: Using Words to Persuade 281
CHAPTER 15: Presenting Evidence and Justifying Opinions 299
Part 5: Part of Tens 323
CHAPTER 16: Ten Logical Pitfalls and How to Avoid Them 325
CHAPTER 17: Ten Arguments that Changed the World 333
Index 345
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