Critical Thinking: The Basics (Paperback, 3rd Edition)

Critical Thinking: The Basics is an accessible and engaging introduction to the field of critical thinking, drawing on philosophy, communication, and psychology. Emphasising its relevance both to academic literacy and to decision-making in a range of contexts, this book introduces and explains the knowledge, methods, and skills needed to identify and avoid poor reasoning, reconstruct and evaluate arguments, and engage constructively in dialogues.

Topics covered include:

The relationship between critical thinking, emotions, and the psychology of persuasion

The role of character dispositions such as open-mindedness, courage, and self-knowledge

Argument identification and reconstruction

Fallacies and argument evaluation.

This second edition has been revised and updated throughout, and includes an additional chapter on the relationship between critical thinking and emotions. There are also new sections on concepts such as the ‘experiential mind’ and ‘need for cognitive closure’, and contemporary examples drawn from issues including conspiracy theories, the pandemic, and misuses of social media.

With updated and expanded discussion questions/exercises and suggestions for further reading at the end of each main chapter, this book is an essential read for students approaching the field of critical thinking for the first time, and for the general reader wanting to improving their thinking skills and decision-making abilities.

Table of Contents

Introduction

1. Rationality and cognitive biases

2. Critical thinking and emotions

3. Critical thinking and dispositions

4. Arguments and argument reconstruction

5. Argument forms and fallacies

6. Arguments, social power, and message source (Part 1)

7. Arguments, social power, and message source (Part 2)

8. Causal arguments, generalisations, arguments from consequences, and slippery slope arguments

9. Arguments from analogy

10. Further fallacies

Conclusion.

Glossary

References

Index/

General

Imprint:	Taylor & Francis
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	The Basics
Release date:	June 2023
First published:	2023
Authors:	Stuart Hanscomb
Dimensions:	198 x 129mm (L x W)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	286
Edition:	3rd Edition
ISBN-13:	978-1-03-216299-7
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Philosophy > General Books > Philosophy > General Promotions Books > Promotion > Routledge Philosophy
LSN:	1-03-216299-6
Barcode:	9781032162997

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