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Critical thinking :

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0133115283

(Number (ISBN

9780133115284

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b393348

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Critical thinking :

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tools for taking charge of your professional and personal life

First Statement of Responsibility

Richard Paul, Linda Elder.

Edition Statement

2nd ed

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Upper Saddle River, N.J.

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Pearson Education,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

©2014.

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459 pages ; 24 cm

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Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Thinking in a World of Accelerating Change and Intensifying Danger -- Nature of the Post-Industrial World Order -- Complex World of Accelerating Change -- Threatening World -- Change, Danger, and Complexity: Interwoven -- Challenge of Becoming Critical Thinkers -- ch. 1 Summary -- Recommended Reading -- ch. 2 Becoming a Critic of Your Thinking -- How Skilled Is Your Thinking (Right Now)? -- Hard, Cruel World -- Become a Critic of Your Own Thinking -- ch. 2 Summary -- Conclusion -- ch. 3 Becoming a Fairminded Thinker -- Weak Versus Strong Sense Critical Thinking -- What Does Fairmindedness Require? -- Intellectual Humility: Having Knowledge of Ignorance -- Intellectual Courage: Being Willing to Challenge Beliefs -- Intellectual Empathy: Entertaining Opposing Views -- Intellectual Integrity: Holding Ourselves to the Same Standards to Which We Hold Others -- Intellectual Perseverance: Working Through Complexity and Frustration -- Confidence in Reason: Recognizing That Good Reasoning Has Proven Its Worth -- Intellectual Autonomy: Being an Independent Thinker -- Recognizing the Interdependence of Intellectual Virtues -- Conclusion -- Natural Versus Critical Thinking -- ch. 3 Summary -- ch. 4 Self-Understanding -- Monitoring the Egocentrism in Your Thought and Life -- Making a Commitment to Fairmindedness -- Recognizing the Mind's Three Distinctive Functions -- Understanding That You Have a Special Relationship to Your Mind -- ch. 4 Summary -- ch. 5 First Four Stages of Development: What Level Thinker Are You? -- Stage 1 Unreflective Thinker -- Are You an Unreflective Thinker? -- Stage 2 Challenged Thinker -- Are You Ready to Accept the Challenge? -- Stage 3 Beginning Thinker -- Are You Willing to Begin? -- Stage 4 Practicing Thinker -- Good Thinking Can Be Practiced Like Basketball, Tennis, or Ballet -- ch. 5 Summary -- ch. 6 Parts of Thinking -- Reasoning Is Everywhere in Human Life -- Does Reasoning Have Parts? -- Beginning to Think About Your Own Reasoning -- Elements of Thought: A First Look -- Everyday Example: Jack and Jill -- Elements of Thought in Relationship -- Relationship Between the Elements -- Thinking to Some Purpose -- Thinking with Concepts -- Thinking with Information -- Distinguishing Between Inert Information, Activated Ignorance, and Activated Knowledge -- Some Key Questions to Ask When Pursuing -- Information -- Distinguishing Between Inferences and Assumptions -- Understanding Implications -- Thinking Within and Across Points of View -- Using Critical Thinking to Take Charge of How We See Things -- Point of View of the Critical Thinker -- Conclusion -- ch. 6 Summary -- ch. 7 Standards for Thinking -- Taking a Deeper Look at Universal Intellectual Standards -- Clarifying a Problem You Face at Work -- In Search of Relevant Facts -- Bringing Together the Elements of Reasoning and the Intellectual Standards -- Question at Issue or Problem to Be Solved -- Point of View or Frame of Reference -- Information, Data, Experiences -- Concepts, Theories, Ideas -- Assumptions -- Implications and Consequences -- Inferences -- Using Intellectual Standards to Assess Your Thinking: Brief Guidelines -- ch. 7 Summary -- ch. 8 Design Your Life -- Fate or Freedom: Which Do You Choose? -- Very Idea of Freedom -- Recognizing the Dual Logic of Experience -- Social Forces, the Mass Media, and Our Experience -- Reading Backward -- Implications for the Design of Your Life -- ch. 8 Summary -- ch. 9 Art of Making Intelligent Decisions -- Thinking Globally About Your Life -- Evaluating Patterns in Decision-Making --

Richard Paul

Linda Elder

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