Critical thinking :
Fisher, Alec
Critical thinking : an introduction / Alec Fisher - 249 pages ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-244) and index
What is critical thinking and how to improve it -- Identifying reasons and conclusions: the language of reasoning -- Understanding reasoning: different patterns of reasoning -- Understanding reasoning: assumptions, context and a thinking map -- Clarifying and interpreting expressions and ideas -- The acceptability of reasons: including their credibility -- Judging the credibility of sources skilfully -- Evaluating inferences: deductive validity and other grounds -- Evaluating inferences: assumptions and other relevant arguments -- Reasoning about casual explanations -- Decision making: options, consequences, values and risks
The book meets the requirements of the OCR AS specification for Critical Thinking and is written by the Chief Examiner. In this highly accessible book, Alec Fisher shows students how they can develop a range of creative and critical thinking skills that are transferable to other subjects and contexts. Topics include: argument analysis, clarifying terms and interpreting ideas, skilful decision making and value judgements, and applying critical thinking to different subjects. Critical Thinking includes exercises that enable students to practise their critical thinking skills, as well as an appendix of examples and exercises for teachers to use and adapt. -- Publisher description
0521009847 9780521009843
GBA1V5774 bnb
Critical thinking
Critical thinking--Problems, exercises, etc
Critical thinking--Study and teaching
Reasoning
Teaching--education
Raisonnement (Philosophie)
Argumentation
Problems and exercises.
Einführung
BC177 / .F568 2001 BF441 / .F497 2001
809.2 FIS
Critical thinking : an introduction / Alec Fisher - 249 pages ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-244) and index
What is critical thinking and how to improve it -- Identifying reasons and conclusions: the language of reasoning -- Understanding reasoning: different patterns of reasoning -- Understanding reasoning: assumptions, context and a thinking map -- Clarifying and interpreting expressions and ideas -- The acceptability of reasons: including their credibility -- Judging the credibility of sources skilfully -- Evaluating inferences: deductive validity and other grounds -- Evaluating inferences: assumptions and other relevant arguments -- Reasoning about casual explanations -- Decision making: options, consequences, values and risks
The book meets the requirements of the OCR AS specification for Critical Thinking and is written by the Chief Examiner. In this highly accessible book, Alec Fisher shows students how they can develop a range of creative and critical thinking skills that are transferable to other subjects and contexts. Topics include: argument analysis, clarifying terms and interpreting ideas, skilful decision making and value judgements, and applying critical thinking to different subjects. Critical Thinking includes exercises that enable students to practise their critical thinking skills, as well as an appendix of examples and exercises for teachers to use and adapt. -- Publisher description
0521009847 9780521009843
GBA1V5774 bnb
Critical thinking
Critical thinking--Problems, exercises, etc
Critical thinking--Study and teaching
Reasoning
Teaching--education
Raisonnement (Philosophie)
Argumentation
Problems and exercises.
Einführung
BC177 / .F568 2001 BF441 / .F497 2001
809.2 FIS