Asking the right questions : a guide to critical thinking /
Browne, M. Neil, 1944-,
Asking the right questions : a guide to critical thinking / [print] M. Neil Browne, Stuart M. Keeley. - seventh edition. - Upper Saddle River, New Jersey : Pearson Prentice Hall, (c)2004. - xv, 208 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Benefit of asking the right questions -- What are the issues and the conclusion? -- What are the reasons? -- What words or phrases are ambiguous? -- What are the value conflicts and assumptions? -- What are the descriptive assumptions? -- Are there any fallacies in the reasoning? -- How good is the evidence : intuition, personal experience, testimonials, and appeals to authority? -- How good is the evidence : personal observation, research studies, case examples, and analogies? -- Are there rival causes? -- Are the statistics deceptive? -- What significant information is omitted? -- What reasonable conclusions are possible? -- Practice and review -- Final word.
9780131829930 9780130478351
2002044548
Criticism.
Critical thinking.
PN83.K26.A855 2004 PN83
Asking the right questions : a guide to critical thinking / [print] M. Neil Browne, Stuart M. Keeley. - seventh edition. - Upper Saddle River, New Jersey : Pearson Prentice Hall, (c)2004. - xv, 208 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Benefit of asking the right questions -- What are the issues and the conclusion? -- What are the reasons? -- What words or phrases are ambiguous? -- What are the value conflicts and assumptions? -- What are the descriptive assumptions? -- Are there any fallacies in the reasoning? -- How good is the evidence : intuition, personal experience, testimonials, and appeals to authority? -- How good is the evidence : personal observation, research studies, case examples, and analogies? -- Are there rival causes? -- Are the statistics deceptive? -- What significant information is omitted? -- What reasonable conclusions are possible? -- Practice and review -- Final word.
9780131829930 9780130478351
2002044548
Criticism.
Critical thinking.
PN83.K26.A855 2004 PN83