Asking the right questions with readings
Subtitle: a guide to critical thinking
By: M. Neil Browne, Stuart M. Keeley
Contributors: Keeley, Stuart M., 1941-
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 340
ISBN-13: 9780205649280
Subjects: Criticism; Critical thinking; Problems, exercises; College readers
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The benefit of asking the right questions; title: Critical thinking as a social activity; title: What are the issue and the conclusion?; title: What are the reasons?; title: What words or phrases are ambiguous?; title: What are the value and descriptive assumptions?; title: Are there any fallacies in the reasoning?; title: How good is the evidence : intuition, personal experience, testimonials, and appeals to authority?; title: How good is the evidence : personal observation, research studies, case examples, and analogies?; title: Are there rival causes?; title: Are the statistics deceptive?; title: What significant information is omitted?; title: What reasonable conclusions are possible?; title: Overcoming obstacles to critical thinking; title: Should we protect children from advertising?; title: What is the proper role of government in improving the qualitty of families in our culture?; title: What is the secret to happiness?; title: In what ways can the media influence society and what can we do about it?; title: What role does physical appearance play in our lives?