Thinking Skills Critical Thinking And P
John Butterworth and Geoff Thwaites
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Skills
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Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
Second edition
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CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
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Singapore, São Paulo, Delhi, Mexico City
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First published 2005
Second edition 2013
pl e This publication is in copyright. Subject to statutory exception and to the provisions of relevant collective licensing agreements, no reproduction of any part may take place without the written permission of Cambridge University Press.
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Contents
Unit 1 Thinking and reasoning
1.1 Thinking as a skill
1.2 An introduction to critical thinking
1.3 Solutions not problems
1
7
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Claims, assertions, statements
Judging claims
Argument
Identifying arguments
Analysing arguments
Complex arguments
Conclusions
Reasons
Assumptions
Flaws and fallacies
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2.1
2.2
2.3
2.4
2.5
2.6
2.7
2.8
2.9
2.10
pl e Unit 2 Critical thinking: the basics
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pl e Thinking
Skills
Sa
m
Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
Second edition
(c) Camrbridge University Press 2013
9781107606302pre_pi-iv.indd i
1/28/2013 6:26:27 PM
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
Cambridge, New York, Melbourne, Madrid, Cape Town,
Singapore, São Paulo, Delhi, Mexico City
Cambridge University Press
The Edinburgh Building, Cambridge CB2 8RU, UK www.cambridge.org Information on this title: www.cambridge.org/9781107606302
© Cambridge University Press 2005, 2013
First published 2005
Second edition 2013
pl e This publication is in copyright. Subject to statutory exception and to the provisions of relevant collective licensing agreements, no reproduction of any part may take place without the written permission of Cambridge University Press.
Printed and bound in the United Kingdom by the MPG Books Group
m
A catalogue record for this publication is available from the British Library
ISBN 978-1-107-60630-2 Paperback
Sa
Cambridge University Press has no responsibility for the persistence or accuracy of URLs for external or third-party internet websites referred to in this publication, and does not guarantee that any content on such websites is, or will remain, accurate or appropriate. Information regarding prices, travel timetables and other factual information given in this work is correct at the time of first printing but Cambridge University Press does not guarantee the accuracy of such information thereafter.
(c) Camrbridge University Press 2013
9781107606302pre_pi-iv.indd ii
1/28/2013 6:26:27 PM
Contents
Unit 1 Thinking and reasoning
1.1 Thinking as a skill
1.2 An introduction to critical thinking
1.3 Solutions not problems
1
7
13
Claims, assertions, statements
Judging claims
Argument
Identifying arguments
Analysing arguments
Complex arguments
Conclusions
Reasons
Assumptions
Flaws and fallacies
m
2.1
2.2
2.3
2.4
2.5
2.6
2.7
2.8
2.9
2.10
pl e Unit 2 Critical thinking: the basics
16
21
28
33
38