An edition of Critical thinking (1990)

Critical thinking

what every person needs to survive in a rapidly changing world

Revised third edition.
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An edition of Critical thinking (1990)

Critical thinking

what every person needs to survive in a rapidly changing world

Revised third edition.
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Examines the theoretical, philosophical, educational & practical aspects. Special emphasis on education.

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Pages
505

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2002, Financial Times/Prentice Hall
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June 13, 2002, FT Press
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Critical Thinking: Tools for Taking Charge of Your Learning and Your Life
July 27, 2000, Prentice Hall
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Critical thinking: what every person needs to survive in a rapidly changing world
1993, Foundation for Critical Thinking
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Critical thinking: how to prepare students for a rapidly changing world
1993, Foundation for Critical Thinking
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Critical thinking: what every person needs to survive in a rapidly changing world
1992, Foundation for Critical Thinking
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Critical thinking: what every person needs to survive in a rapidly changing world
1990, Center for Critical Thinking and Moral Critique, Sonoma State University
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Table of Contents

Foreword
Introduction
I. Overview: What critical thinking is and why it is essential
Accelerating change, the complexity of problems, and the quality of our thinking
Critical thinking: identifying the targets
The critical thinking movement in historical perspective
Pseudo critical thinking in the educational establishements
Critical thinking: basic questions and answers
The logic of creative and critical thinking
Critical thinking in North America
Why students
and teachers
don't reason well
II. Critical thinking in the strong sense
Critical thinking: fundamental to education for a free society
Critical thinking and the critical person
Critical thinking and the nature of prejudice
Critical thinking, human development, and rational productivity
Critical thinking: the background logic
III. The affective and ethical dimension
Ethics without indoctrination
Critical thinking, moral integrity, and citizenship teaching for the intellectual virtues
Dialogical thinking: critical thought essential to the acquisition of rational knowledge and passions
Power, vested interest, and prejudice: on the need for critical thinking in the ethics of social and economic development
IV. Contrasting viewpoints
McPeck's mistakes: why critical thinking applies across disciplines and domains
Bloom's taxonomy and critical thinking instruction: recall is not knowledge
Critical and cultural literacy: where E.D. Hirsch goes wrong
Critical thinking and general semantics: on the primacy of natural languages
The contribution of philosophy to thinking
Philosophy and cognitive psychology: contrasting assumptions
Appendices
A. Glossary: aguide to critical thinking terms and concepts
B. Recommended readings.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (pages 489-492) and index.

Published in
Santa Rosa, CA

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
153.43
Library of Congress
BF441 .P38 1993

The Physical Object

Pagination
xiii, 505 pages
Number of pages
505

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL32984055M
Internet Archive
criticalthinking0003paul
ISBN 10
0944583083
ISBN 13
9780944583081
LCCN
93072690
OCLC/WorldCat
29176767

Work Description

Critical Thinking is about becoming a better thinker in every aspect of your life: in your career, and as a consumer, citizen, friend, parent, and lover. Discover the core skills of effective thinking; then analyze your own thought processes, identify weaknesses, and overcome them. Learn how to translate more effective thinking into better decisions, less frustration, more wealth ¿and above all, greater confidence to pursue and achieve your most important goals in life.

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