Screen LibraryThe voice of reason：fundamentals of critical thinking
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Oxford University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | New York |
| Publication Dates: | 2002. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | xvii, 365 p.: ill. ; 23 cm. |
| ISBN: | 0195141229 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| Index Number: | B804 |
| CLC: |
B804 B80 |
| Call Number: | B80/P844 |
| Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. Critical thinking -- The way words work -- Language and definition -- Disagreements, claims, and reasons -- Common mistakes in thinking -- More subtle errors of thought -- Reasoning in a formal way -- Patterns of deductive thinking -- Inductive thinking: identifying causes, drawing analogies -- Deriving generalizations, forming hypothesis -- Discourse communities -- Arguments in the disciplines. |