Becoming a Critical Thinker

The book trains students to differentiate high-quality, well-supported advices from arguments with little or no proof to support them. It evolves the abilities required to competently assess the many assertions opposite them as people, learners, consumers, and human beings, and furthermore to be productive supports for their beliefs.

Chapter topics include the foundations of arguments, reality and value assumptions and ethics, inductive arguments and generalizations, reasoning errors, the power of language, media literacy, fair-mindedness, and persuasive speaking. For critical thinkers who desire to be perceptive about the notes they read or discover; make conclusions founded on careful ...