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Critical thinking for students : how to assess arguments and effectively present your own / Roy van den Brink-Budgen

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publisher: Oxford : How To Books 2010Edition: 4th ed.Description: vii, 118 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.ISBN:
  • 9781845283865
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Contents:
1. : Giving Claims A Significance -- 2. : Explanations -- 3. : Inferences -- 4. : Assumptions -- 5. : More Building Up Of Arguments -- 6. : Evaluation Of Arguments: Looking At Evidence -- 7. : Evaluation Of Arguments: Weaknesses In Reasoning -- 8. : Analogies, Hypotheses, Definitions And Principles -- 9. : Credibility Of Evidence -- 10. : Producing Arguments.
Summary: Critical Thinking is a core skill needed to make all your studies more effective. This totally revised and updated book is a must if you want to find out how to develop your own arguments and evaluate other people's. Specifically, you will need to look at others' assumptions and their use of evidence. Learn too how to spot, and rectify, weaknesses of your own. An indispensable book, especially for students following the OCR AS-level course in Critical Thinking
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Book TBS Barcelona Core Textbooks LB1590.3 VAN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available B02367
Book TBS Barcelona Core Textbooks LB1590.3 VAN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available B02368

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. : Giving Claims A Significance -- 2. : Explanations -- 3. : Inferences -- 4. : Assumptions -- 5. : More Building Up Of Arguments -- 6. : Evaluation Of Arguments: Looking At Evidence -- 7. : Evaluation Of Arguments: Weaknesses In Reasoning -- 8. : Analogies, Hypotheses, Definitions And Principles -- 9. : Credibility Of Evidence -- 10. : Producing Arguments.

Critical Thinking is a core skill needed to make all your studies more effective. This totally revised and updated book is a must if you want to find out how to develop your own arguments and evaluate other people's. Specifically, you will need to look at others' assumptions and their use of evidence. Learn too how to spot, and rectify, weaknesses of your own. An indispensable book, especially for students following the OCR AS-level course in Critical Thinking

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