An Introduction to critical thinking and creativity [recurso electrónico] : Think more, Think better

Richard L.(Richard L. Epstein) Epstein

critical Thinking Isn't As Easy As It Sounds. Critical Thinking Shows You How Decision-making Errors Are Made, And How To Avoid Them. By Combining Simple Explanations With Time-tested Theories, Critical Thinking Helps You Meet The Challenges Of Life Head-on. And Because It Includes Over One Thousand Examples Drawn From Everyday Life And Tons Of Study Tools, This Textbook Helps You Get The Grade You Need. booknews guides The College Level Student Through The Fundamentals Of Reasoning, The Structure Of Arguments, How To Avoid Bad Arguments, And The Specific Kinds Of Arguments Used In Reasoning. Intended For A One- Semester Introductory Course, The Text Includes A Particularly Useful Chapter Discussing The Principles Of Rational Discussion And A Guide To Repairing Arguments. Some 1,200 Exercises And Hundreds Of Relevant Examples Help Clarify The Concepts Discussed. Annotation C. Book News, Inc., Portland, Or (booknews.com) Lire plus…

Matt Baker, Rick Rudd, Carol Pomeroy

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Walton, Douglas Neil

Informal Logic is an introductory guidebook to the basic principles of constructing sound arguments and criticizing bad ones. Non-technical in approach, it is based on 186 examples, which Douglas Walton, a leading authority in the field of informal logic, discusses and evaluates in clear, illustrative detail. Walton explains how errors, fallacies, and other key failures of argument occur. He shows how correct uses of argument are based on sound strategies for reasoned persuasion and critical responses. Among the many subjects covered are: forms of valid argument, defeasible arguments, relevance, appeals to emotion, personal attack, straw man argument, jumping to a conclusion, uses and abuses of expert opinion, problems in drawing conclusions from polls and statistics, loaded terms, equivocation, arguments from analogy, and techniques of posing, replying to, and criticizing questions. This new edition takes into account many new developments in the field of argumentation study that have occurred since 1989, many created by the author. Drawing on these developments, Walton includes and analyzes 36 new topical examples and also brings in recent work on argumentation schemes. Ideally suited for use in courses in informal logic and introduction to philosophy, this book will also be valuable to students of pragmatics, rhetoric, and speech communication. Lire plus…

Timothy A. Crews-Anderson

'This book will familiarize the reader with the basics of critical thinking and informal logic — deductive and inductive arguments, form and content, fallacies, and complex arguments. Following a brief introduction, Chapter 1 outlines the basic concepts and principles of informal logic. Chapters 2 and 3 focus on deductive and inductive reasoning (analogical and statistical) and include a discussion of validity, soundness and cogency. Chapter 4 presents rhetorical devices and informal fallacies. Chapter 5 discusses strategies and tactics for the evaluation of complex argumentation. Chapter 6 provides an overview that includes a guide to good critical thinking habits, a discussion of the composition and development of argumentative essays, and an introduction to information literacy. Appendices include a synopsis of categorical logic and resources for additional study. The book includes diagrams and external hyperlinks.' Lire plus…

Anthony Weston

A Rulebook For Arguments Is A Succinct Introduction To The Art Of Writing And Assessing Arguments, Organized Around Specific Rules, Each Illustrated And Explained Soundly But Briefly. This Widely Popular Primer - Translated Into Eight Languages - Remains The First Choice In All Disciplines For Writers Who Seek Straightforward Guidance About How To Assess Arguments And How To Cogently Construct Them. The Fourth Edition Offers A Revamped And More Tightly Focused Approach To Extended Arguments, A New Chapter On Oral Arguments, And Updated Examples And Topics Throughout. Short Arguments : Some General Rules: Identify Premises And Conclusion ; Develop Your Ideas In A Natural Order ; Start From Reliable Premises ; Be Concrete And Concise ; Build On Substance, Not Overtone ; Use Consistent Terms -- Generalizations: Use More Than One Example ; Use Representative Examples ; Background Rates May Be Crucial ; Statistics Need A Critical Eye ; Consider Counterexamples -- Arguments By Analogy: Analogies Require Relevantly Similar Examples -- Sources: Cite Your Sources ; Seek Informed Sources ; Seek Impartial Sources ; Cross-check Sources ; Use The Web With Care -- Arguments About Causes: Causal Arguments Start With Correlations ; Correlations May Have Alternative Explanations ; Work Toward The Most Likely Explanation ; Expect Complexity -- Deductive Arguments: Modus Ponens ; Modus Tollens ; Hypothetical Syllogism ; Disjunctive Syllogism ; Dilemma ; Reductio Ad Absurdum ; Deductive... Lire plus…

Eileen D. Gambrill, Leonard E. Gibbs

Critical thinking values, knowledge, and skills are integral to evidence-based practice in the helping professions. Practitioners must be able to think clearly, on a daily basis, about decisions that may change their clients' lives. Critical Thinking for Helping Professionals, 3rd Edition , is designed to engage readers as active participants in honing their critical thinking skills, mastering a coherent decision-making process, and integrating the evidence-based practice process into their work with clients. In this interactive skills-based workbook, 37 hands-on exercises offer rich opportunities for students in professional education programs to learn how to make informed decisions. Unique material exploring the use of propaganda in advertising and discussing the research on judgment and problem solving highlight the connection between critical thinking and evidence-based practice. For students in social work, nursing, counseling, and psychology, this new edition of a unique workbook is a fun and thought-provoking way to sharpen and maximize their decision-making skills so that they can provide their clients with the best care possible. * Fun, interactive exercises emphasize learning by doing * Integrates research and practice, practice and policy, and critical thinking and evidence-based practice * Helps readers to recognize how to recognize propaganda, avoid pitfalls in decision making, critically appraise research, and improve their practice * Ideal for graduate and... Lire plus…

Karen S. Meador; Illustrated By Christopher Herren

can Creativity Be Taught? Absolutely! And Meador Shows You Exactly How To Nourish Creativity And Problem-solving Abilities In Your Students. After Presenting Valid Models Of Creative Thinkers Appearing In Outstanding Children's Literature, She Offers A Variety Of Activities You Can Use To Develop Creative Processes Through Fluency, Flexibility, And Originality. In Addition, There Are Lists For Further Reading And Guidelines For Adapting Lessons. Grades K-4 (adaptable To Other Grades). Lire plus…

Richard Paul, Richard W. Paul, Linda Elder

The essence of critical thinking concepts and tools distilled into a 20-page pocket-size guide. It is a critical thinking supplement to any textbook or course. It is best used in conjunction with the Analytic Thinking Guide. Everyone thinks; it is our nature to do so. But much of our thinking, left to itself, is biased, distorted, partial, uninformed or down-right prejudiced. Yet the quality of our life and that of what we produce, make, or build depends precisely on the quality of our thought. Shoddy thinking is costly, both in money and in quality of life. Excellence in thought, however, must be systematically cultivated. Critical thinking is the art of analyzing and evaluating thinking with a view to improving it. Critical thinking is, self-directed, self-disciplined, self-monitored, and self-corrective thinking. It requires rigorous standards of excellence and mindful command of their use. It entails effective communication and problem solving abilities and a commitment to overcoming our native egocentrism and sociocentrism. This miniature guide focuses on of the essence of critical thinking concepts and tools distilled into pocket size. For faculty it provides a shared concept of critical thinking. For students it is a critical thinking supplement to any textbook for any course. Faculty can use it to design instruction, assignments, and tests in any subject. Students can use it to improve their learning in any content area. Its generic skills apply to all subjects.... Lire plus…

Joel Rudinow, Vincent E. Barry

INVITATION TO CRITICAL THINKING teaches you how to recognize, analyze, evaluate, and compose arguments that can be used as tools of rational persuasion. Fostering discussions of critical thinking and its application in mass media, effective writing, and problem solving, this book will introduce you to a wide variety of strategies for identifying and analyzing arguments in the world around you. In addition, the robust companion website offers an array of online tools that offer an unprecedented variety of interactive exercises that will not only help you remember important concepts, but apply them as well. Lire plus…

Roy Van Den Brink-Budgen

The skills of Critical Thinking are important whatever subject you are studying. They enable you to assess what's been said or written by asking the right questions: 'What does this mean?' 'What else could it mean?' 'What other evidence do I need?' With your answers, you can suggest other explanations or scenarios: 'Perhaps it's this rather than that'. As a creative, enquiring thinker, you can then move on to produce well-argued material of your own. This new edition has been totally updated, but it continues in the tradition of the earlier editions in that it is invaluable for all students, whether you're doing a course in Critical Thinking (like the AS-level) or not. It quite simply covers everything you need to become a skilled Critical Thinker. Lire plus…

Michael Michalko

Rethink the Way You Think In hindsight, every great idea seems obvious. But how can you be the person who comes up with those ideas' In this revised and expanded edition of his groundbreaking Thinkertoys, creativity expert Michael Michalko reveals life-changing tools that will help you think like a genius. From the linear to the intuitive, this comprehensive handbook details ingenious creative-thinking techniques for approaching problems in unconventional ways. Through fun and thought-provoking exercises, you'll learn how to create original ideas that will improve your personal life and your business life. Michalko's techniques show you how to look at the same information as everyone else and see something different. With hundreds of hints, tricks, tips, tales, and puzzles, Thinkertoys will open your mind to a world of innovative solutions to everyday and not-so-everyday problems. From the Trade Paperback edition Lire plus…

John Butterworth And Geoff Thwaites

Thinking Skills, Second edition, is the only endorsed coursebook that provides complete coverage of the Cambridge AS and A Level Thinking Skills syllabus offering substantially updated, new and revised content. It also contains extensive extra material to cover related awards. Written by experienced and highly respected authors, this book includes features such as clearly focused and differentiated units, stimulating student activities with commentaries to develop analytical skills, summaries of key concepts to review learning, end-of-chapter assignments to reinforce knowledge and skills, and a mapping grid to demonstrate the applicability of each unit to awards including Critical Thinking, BMAT and TSA. Lire plus…

Diane F. Halpern

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. Lire plus…

Simon Bradley; Nicole Price

"Critical Thinking: Proven Strategies To Improve Decision Making Skills, Increase Intuition And Think Smarter!" is a well-rounded introduction to the principles of critical thinking. The book provides tips and steps that are easy to follow, yet very effective in solving problems of all kinds. This guide is helpful to people of all walks of life. The techniques it provides are useful - cutting across careers, businesses, political and even the social arena. After reading through this book, you will be amazed at the amount of resources you can save just by making critical thinking part of your everyday life. What you learn from this book includes: What comprises critical thinking What you stand to gain from critical thinking How to keep your brain in good shape How to apply critical thinking in solving problems How to become a better decision maker Ways of improving the process of critical thinking The best strategies to employ in critical thinking The sequence of actions employed in critical thinking How to make decisions within a group set-up How to frame questions to enhance critical thinking So let's go into how you can exercise your brain and make it into a logical thinker, as well as improve your decision-making skills. Buy your copy today! Lire plus…

Anthony Weston; Proquest (Firm)

From academic writing to personal and public discourse, the need for good arguments and better ways of arguing is greater than ever before. This timely fifth edition of A Rulebook for Arguments sharpens an already-classic text, adding updated examples and a new chapter on public debates that provides rules for the etiquette and ethics of sound public dialogue as well as clear and sound thinking in general.-- Provided by publisher Lire plus…

Nicholas Capaldi And Miles Smit

Can You Tell When You're Being DECEIVED?In this fully updated and revised edition, coauthors Nicolas Capaldi and Miles Smit take a wholly original approach to teaching critical thinking. By cataloging and outlining for readers tactics on how to develop the skills of deception and manipulation, the authors convincingly demonstrate that this is a foolproof way to avoid falling for the fallacious and fuzzy logic of others. They also show how to improve our own deficits in making careful decisions about our word choices, why we hold the opinions that we do, and how we form arguments. Readers will learn to apply these skills to everyday situations, whether debating politics with friends or evaluating the pitch of a persuasive salesman.From here, Capaldi and Smit take these essential skills and consider their usefulness in face-to-face debates, such as how to gain sympathy, gauge reactions, present facts clearly, employ nonverbal devices, and conclude successfully an argument that will win over any audience.Calling on a wide variety of examples, from the historic accounts of Socrates’ wily rhetoric and the oratorical flourishes of Shakespeare's characters to present-day pop culture and the issues and debates we face as consumers and citizens, The Art of Deception is an indispensable guide to mastering the skills of defending and winning arguments. Includes all-new exercises and discussion questions.NICOLAS CAPALDI, PhD, holds the Legendre-Soulé Distinguished Scholar Chair in... Lire plus…

Linda Elder; Richard Paul; Foundation For Critical Thinking

This guide focuses on the intellectual skills that enable one to analyze anything one might think about - questions, problems, disciplines, subjects, etc. It provides the common denominator between all forms of analysis. Why a Guide on Analytic Thinking? Analysis and evaluation are recognized as crucial skills for all students to master. And for good reason. These skills are required in learning any significant body of content in a non-trivial way. There are many varieties of analysis specific to particular disciplines and technical practices. These forms of analysis often require technical training of a specialized nature. For example, one cannot do qualitative analysis in chemistry without instruction in chemistry. What we have provided in this guide, however, is the common denominator between all forms of analysis because all forms require thoughtful application and all thought presupposes the elements of thought. For example, one cannot think analytically FOR NO PURPOSE. Or think analytically, with NO QUESTION in mind. In order to develop the analytic mind, there must be guidance, instruction, and practice in monitoring thinking using intellectual tools applicable to every discipline. Everyone needs to learn to question purposes, goals, problem definitions, information, concepts, etc. It is these interdisciplinary analytic tools that enable those skilled in them to understand and assess their analytic thinking, whether in a highly technical area or in an everyday... Lire plus…

Edgar Moore

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