Asking the Right Questions: A Guide to Critical Thinking (6th Edition)

Asking the Right Questions: A Guide to Critical Thinking (6th Edition)
by M. Neil Browne, Stuart M. Keeley

Asking the Right Questions: A Guide to Critical Thinking (6th Edition)
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Author: M. Neil Browne, Stuart M. Keeley
Edition: Paperback
Published: 2000-07-05
ISBN: 0130891347
Number of pages: 221
Publisher: Prentice Hall

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Book Review: Questioning leads to knowledge...and knowledge leads to wisdom!
Summary: 5 Stars

This book is very helpful at opening up ones mind to alternatives by asking questions. Not just a few questions, but question everything. Questioning leads to knowledge, and knowledge leads to wisdom.

Asking the right questions encourages a curious and open mind, analyzing issues from multiple viewpoints, thinking through questions and answers, doing needed investigation and intuitive and non-intuitive thinking. These key elements are the basis to sound critical thinking.

Asking the Right Questions has been around for many years and is still doing well. This says a lot for how many people have benefited from it. It is currently on the 8th edition. I read the 7th edition which came out in 2004. I liked the comment from the authors at the end of the preface which says they are constantly improving the book using advice and recommendations from students and others to make it better. Practicing what one preaches is an excellent sign of quality.


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Summary of Asking the Right Questions: A Guide to Critical Thinking (6th Edition)

This book helps readers bridge the gap between simply memorizing or blindly accepting information and the greater challenge of critical analysis and synthesis. It teaches them to respond to alternative points of view and develop a solid foundation for making personal choices about what to accept and what to reject as they read and listen. Chapter titles include: The Benefit of Asking the Right Questions; What are the Issue and the Conclusion?; What Are the Reasons?; What Are the Value Conflicts and Assumptions?; Are There Any Fallacies in the Reasoning?; How Good Is the Evidence: Intuition, Appeals to Authority, and Testimonials?; and What Reasonable Conclusions Are Possible?. For any critical reader who wants to enhance and develop better reasoning skills in order to make rational decisions.

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