02858cam a2200445 a 4500 222551 222551 47983908 OCoLC 20231107121920.0 020117s2001 enk j b 001 0 eng GBA1V5774 bnb 0521009847 9780521009843 (OCoLC)47983908 UKM eng NPTS DLC LLT LVB BAKER NLGGC BTCTA YDXCP UQ1 K6U FXN G8V WUOHS DEBBG ULB CDX OCLCQ ALAUL OCLCF CFT OCLCQ OCL OCLCO UtOrBLW lccopycat BC177 .F568 2001 BF441 .F497 2001 809.2 FIS 21 B809.2 .F58 2001 Fisher, Alec 23364 Critical thinking : an introduction / Alec Fisher Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001 249 pages ; 25 cm text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier 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 Critical thinking 10379 Critical thinking Problems, exercises, etc 23365 Critical thinking Study and teaching 23366 Reasoning 15841 Teaching education 23367 Raisonnement (Philosophie) 23368 Argumentation 23369 Problems and exercises. fast (OCoLC)fst01423783 23370 Einführung 13007 ddc BK 0 0 ddc 0 0 NPTS NPTS BK 2023-11-07 Donated 0 809.2 FIS NPTS006668 2023-11-07 00:00:00 2023-11-07 BK