A practical guide to critical thinking : deciding what to do and believe / David A. Hunter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hunter, David A., 1965- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Critical thinking.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 230 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, New Jersey : Wiley, 2014.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

A thoroughly updated introduction to the concepts, methods, and standards of critical thinking, A Practical Guide to Critical Thinking: Deciding What to Do and Believe, Second Edition is a unique presentation of the formal strategies used when thinking through reasons and arguments in many areas of expertise. Pursuing an interdisciplinary approach to critical thinking, the book offers a broad conception of critical thinking and explores the practical relevance to conducting research across fields such as, business, education, and the biological sciences. Applying rigor when necessary, the Sec

Contents:

A Practical Guide To Critical Thinking; Contents; CONTENTS; Preface; PREFACE; Preface to First Edition; PREFACE TO FIRST EDITION; Note to Instructors; NOTE TO INSTRUCTORS; 1 The Nature and Value of Critical Thinking; 1.1 The Nature of Critical Thinking; EXERCISE 1; 1.2 Critical Thinking and Knowledge; EXERCISE 2; 1.3 Knowledge and Truth; 1.3.1 Realism, Relativism, and Nihilism; 1.3.2 Relativism and the Argument from Disagreement; 1.4 Knowledge and Belief; 1.5 Knowledge and Justification; 1.5.1 Emotional and Pragmatic Reasons; 1.5.2 Epistemic Reasons; 1.5.3 Emotions and Evidence

1.6 Good Reasons are Sufficient and Acceptable1.7 When Evidence Conflicts; EXERCISE 3; 1.8 Critical Thinking and Personal Autonomy; 1.8.1 Belief and Prejudice; 1.8.2 Making Up Your Own Mind; Chapter Exercises; 1.9 Critical Thinking in Practice; 1.9.1 Critical Thinking Mistakes; 1.9.2 Critical Thinking Strategies; 1.9.3 From Theory to Practice: Applying What We Have Learned; 2 Clarifying Meaning; 2.1 The Place Of Definitions In Critical Thinking; 2.2 Assertion; EXERCISE 1; 2.3 The Assertion Test; EXERCISE 2; 2.4 Constructing And Evaluating Definitions; 2.5 Give A Slogan; EXERCISE 3

2.6 Expand On The Slogan2.7 Give Examples; 2.8 Identify Contrasting Ideas; EXERCISE 4; 2.9 Thinking Critically About Frameworks; EXERCISE 5; 2.10 Clarifying Beliefs And Problems; EXERCISE 6; 2.11 Technical Definitions; 2.12 Meaning In Advertisements; EXERCISE 7; 2.13 Critical Thinking In Practice; 2.13.1 Critical Thinking Mistakes; 2.13.2 Critical Thinking Strategies; 2.13.3 From Theory to Practice: Applying What We Have Learned; 3 Sufficient Reasons; 3.1 Critical Thinking and Arguments; EXERCISE 1; 3.2 IDentifying Premises and Conclusions; EXERCISE 2; 3.3 Dependent and Independent Premises

3.3.1 The Words Test3.3.2 The False Premise Test; EXERCISE 3; 3.4 SUB-Arguments; EXERCISE 4; 3.5 Evaluating Logical Support; EXERCISE 5; 3.6 Missing Premises; EXERCISE 6; 3.7 Piling on Independent Premises; 3.8 Critical Thinking in Practice; 3.8.1 Critical Thinking Strategies; 3.8.2 From Theory to Practice: Applying What We Have Learned; 4 Acceptable Reasons; 4.1 Reliable Sources; 4.2 Undermining and Overriding Evidence; EXERCISE 1; 4.3 Observation; 4.4 Memory; EXERCISE 2; 4.5 Testimony; 4.5.1 Appropriate Testimony; 4.5.2 Trained Testimony; 4.5.3 Informed Testimony; 4.5.4 Unbiased Testimony

4.6 Advertising4.7 News Reports; EXERCISE 3; 4.8 Measurement; 4.8.1 Measurement Consistency; 4.8.2 Measurement Precision; 4.9 Surveys; EXERCISE 4; 4.10 Critical Thinking in Practice; 4.10.1 Critical Thinking Mistakes; 4.10.2 Critical Thinking Strategies; 4.10.3 From Theory to Practice: Applying What We Have Learned; 5 Reasoning About Alternatives and Necessary and Sufficient Conditions; 5.1 Reasoning About Alternatives; 5.2 The Meaning of Disjunctions; 5.3 Reasoning by Denying a Disjunct; 5.4 False Disjunctions; 5.5 When are Disjunctions Acceptable?; 5.6 Exclusive Disjunctions

5.7 How to Criticize Reasoning About Alternatives

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781118583142

1118583140

9781118839751

1118839757

9781118583128

1118583124

OCLC:

879553089