Critical Thinking For Students 4th Edition

Author : Roy Van Den Brink-Budgen
Publisher : Hachette UK
ISBN 13 : 1848034202
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Critical thinking for Students 4th Edition written by Roy Van Den Brink-Budgen and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2011-06-01 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Critical Thinking is a core skill needed to make all your studies more effective. This totally revised and updated book is a must if you want to find out how to develop your own arguments and evaluate other people's. Specifically, you will need to look at others' assumptions and their use of evidence. Learn too how to spot, and rectify, weaknesses of your own. An indispensable book, especially for students following the OCR AS-level course in Critical Thinking.

Author : Diane F. Halpern
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 1134637861
Total Pages : 640 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Thought and Knowledge written by Diane F. Halpern and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2013-11-07 with total page 640 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This best-selling textbook, written by award-winning educator and past president of the American Psychological Association, Diane F. Halpern, applies theory and research from the learning sciences to teach students the thinking skills they need to succeed in today's world. This new edition retains features from earlier editions that have helped its readers become better thinkers. A rigorous academic grounding based in cognitive psychology is presented in a clear writing style with a humorous tone and supported by numerous practical examples and anecdotes. Thought and Knowledge, Fifth Edition has been revised to help students meet the challenges of a global neighborhood and make meaningful conclusions from the overwhelming quantity of information now available at the click of a mouse. The skills learned with this text will help students learn more efficiently, research more productively, and present logical, informed arguments. Thought and Knowledge, Fifth Edition is appropriate for use as a textbook in critical thinking courses offered in departments of psychology, philosophy, English, humanities, or as a supplement in any course where critical thinking is emphasized.

Author : Tracy Bowell
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 9780415240178
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Critical Thinking written by Tracy Bowell and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A much-needed guide to thinking critically for oneself and how to tell a good argument from a bad one. Includes topical examples from politics, sport, medicine, music, chapter summaries, glossary and exercises.

Author : Gregory Bassham
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780071101547
Total Pages : 497 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Critical Thinking written by Gregory Bassham and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 497 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through the use of humour, fun exercises, and a plethora of innovative and interesting selections from writers such as Dave Barry, Al Franken, J.R.R. Tolkien, as well as from the film 'The Matrix', this text hones students' critical thinking skills.

Author : Roy Van Den Brink-Budgen
Publisher : How To Books
ISBN 13 : 1848034121
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Advanced Critical Thinking Skills written by Roy Van Den Brink-Budgen and published by How To Books. This book was released on 2011-06-01 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book takes the skills introduced in Roy van den Brink-Budgen's bestselling book Critical Thinking for Students and extends and builds on them. As a result, it will be especially useful for students on advanced level courses, whether in schools, colleges, or universities. It shows how complex arguments can be built up, analysed, and evaluated. It also shows how the use of various types of claim can be approached in argument, by stressing the need to ask a series of questions about their possible significance. The frequent role of explanation in the drawing of inference is also detailed. In addition, it applies Critical Thinking skills to decision-making, showing how these skills can clarify the choices available, their possible consequences, and the criteria needed to make decisions. In short, this book shows how to become an even more active and effective Critical Thinker.

Author : C. A. Missimer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780133118049
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Good Arguments written by C. A. Missimer and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Proceeds from critical thinking in everyday life to critical thinking in academic fields, with chapters outlining the types of evidence in science, the social sciences and the humanities. This text offers a description of critical thinking as comparison of formulas of critical thinking.

Author : Marlys Mayfield
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780838489567
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Thinking for Yourself written by Marlys Mayfield and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Richard L. Epstein
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780534558390
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Critical Thinking written by Richard L. Epstein and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Featuring its own cast of characters, a personal and accessible tone, and carefully crafted in step-by-step units, this book sets a new standard of clarity for presenting the subject matter. Extensively class-tested, the text uses an enormous number of everyday examples and exercises to illuminate key points and ideas. It is the only text in philosophy in which students work with cartoons to convert the non-verbal into arguments and arrive at conceptual understanding. It is also the only text-workbook-instructor's manual system designed and constructed simultaneously to provide the most fully integrated learning and teaching system available.

Author : Dean Memering
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 636 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Discovering Arguments written by Dean Memering and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 636 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book uses logos, pathos, and ethos in critical thinking, active reading, and persuasive writing. Accessible and stimulating, the versatile manual can be used as a rhetoric, a reader, a guide on research writing, and a guide on style. Through its chapters, users learn to excel at what they say; through our style interchapters users earn to excel at how they say it. Cheating, conservation, race, politics, male/female communication styles, gun control, abortion, same-sex marriage, stem cell research ndash; many diverse and mature readings on these subjects engage readers and writers in analytical thinking and stimulate them to react with thoughtful discussions and compositions. For individuals who want to communicate clearly, argue persuasively, and analyze and evaluate what they read.

Author : Lewis Vaughn
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780199030439
Total Pages : 552 pages
Book Rating : 4.3X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Power of Critical Thinking written by Lewis Vaughn and published by . This book was released on 2019-03 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides the broadest range of tools, enabling students to think critically about their lives and the world around themThis comprehensive and engaging introduction to critical analysis delivers clear, step-by-step guidelines that provide students with the tools they need to systematically and rationally evaluate arguments, claims, and evidence. Fully up-to-date with examples from contemporary culture, politics, andmedia, this text helps students develop the skills they need to engage meaningfully with the world around them.