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Critical thinking : your essential guide / Tom Chatfield.

By: Publisher: London : SAGE Publications Ltd, 2022Copyright date: 2022Edition: 2nd edDescription: viii, 370 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9781529718522 (Paper)
  • 152971852X (Paper)
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Contents:
Part I: The Art and Science of Being Reasonable -- Chapter 1: Understanding the Reasons Behind Things -- Chapter 2: Spelling Out Arguments and Assumptions --Chapter 3: Reasoning With Logic and Certainty -- Chapter 4: Reasoning With Observation and Uncertainty -- Chapter 5: Developing Explanations and Theories -- Chapter 6: Assessing Evidence and Planning Your Reading Strategy -- Chapter 6 (Intermission) -- Part II: Being Reasonable in an Unreasonable World -- Chapter 7: Getting to Grips With Rhetoric -- Chapter 8: Seeing Through Faulty Reasoning -- Chapter 9: Understanding Cognitive Bias -- Chapter 10: Overcoming Bias in Yourself and Others -- Chapter 11: Thinking Critically About Technology -- Chapter 12: Putting It All Together: Critical Thinking in Study, Work and Life
Holdings
Item type Home library Class number Status Date due Barcode
Book, Standard Loan (4 weeks) Mersey and West Lancashire NHS Library - Southport and Ormskirk Sanderson Library Ormskirk WX 18.6 CHA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available SOH00001352

Part I: The Art and Science of Being Reasonable -- Chapter 1: Understanding the Reasons Behind Things --
Chapter 2: Spelling Out Arguments and Assumptions --Chapter 3: Reasoning With Logic and Certainty -- Chapter 4: Reasoning With Observation and Uncertainty -- Chapter 5: Developing Explanations and Theories -- Chapter 6: Assessing Evidence and Planning Your Reading Strategy -- Chapter 6 (Intermission) -- Part II: Being Reasonable in an Unreasonable World -- Chapter 7: Getting to Grips With Rhetoric -- Chapter 8: Seeing Through Faulty Reasoning -- Chapter 9: Understanding Cognitive Bias -- Chapter 10: Overcoming Bias in Yourself and Others -- Chapter 11: Thinking Critically About Technology -- Chapter 12: Putting It All Together: Critical Thinking in Study, Work and Life