Critical Thinking
by Alec Fisher
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Author: Alec FisherEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2001-11-01
ISBN: 0521009847
Number of pages: 228
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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Book Review: A Must-Read for Anyone Invovled in Decision-Making
Summary: 5 Stars
This book is a real eye-opener, and delves into practical matters regarding how to "reason." It leaves out, technicalities and reduces the ideas to the level an everyday person can comprehend.
(Nwankama Nwankama, Intelligence Analyst)
Summary of Critical Thinking
In this book, Alec Fisher aims to teach directly an important range of thinking skills. The skills are fundamental critical (and creative) thinking skills, and they are taught in a way which expressly aims to facilitate their transfer to other subjects and other contexts. The method is to use 'thinking maps' which help improve thinking by asking key questions of students when they are faced with different types of problems. Alec Fisher explains the language of reasoning, how to understand different kinds of arguments and how to ask the right question. Other topics include: different patterns of reasoning and standards which apply in different contexts, how to clarify and interpret ideas, how to judge the credibility of claims, and how to decide whether a person really justifies their conclusions, given their audience. Particular attention is given to understanding casual explanations and evaluating decisions. THe book includes many examples and exercises which give extensive practice in developing critico-creative thinking skills.General Books
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