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Throughout history, thinkers within every part of society have been
crippled by an ingrained bias toward their own views and the views
of their preferred social groups. As these dangerous egocentric and
sociocentric tendencies continue to pose the greatest threat to the
advancement of rational societies, Liberating the Mind reveals a
way forward. Dissecting the core of how humans naturally learn,
think, and choose to act, internationally recognized critical
thinking leader Linda Elder illuminates root causes of
dysfunctional thought and shows us how to free ourselves from both
selfishness and groupthink through explicit tools of rationality.
This instant intellectual classic offers a cohesive, integrated
theory of mind that takes into account pathological tendencies
shared by all humans, while offering a clear path toward the
cultivation of fairminded critical thinking throughout the world.
Elder illuminates how, by taking the intrinsic problems in our
thinking seriously, we can follow the example of Socrates and live
the examined life, even in times of upheaval and doubt.
The main goal of Critical Writing is to provide students with a set
of robust, integrated critical concepts and processes that will
allow to them think through a topic, and then write about it, and
to do so in a way that is built on, and permeated by, substantive
critical thinking. The "topic" in question can be virtually
anything that can be written about: issues, situations, problems,
questions, arguments, and decisions are just some examples. The
critical thinking tools and concepts are built on the Paul-Elder
Approach to critical thinking.[1] A major part of the goal of the
book is to provide not only the "what" of writing a paper, but the
"how" of it. The "what" is constituted by the essential components
of a well-thought-out paper: thesis statement and main points, an
articulated structure, development, research, the need for clarity,
grammatical correctness, and several others. Addressing the "how"
of these occupies a significantly greater part of Critical Writing.
The aim throughout is to show: how you can actually construct a
thesis statement and the other main points that constitute the
structure of the paper; how you can write the actual paragraphs
that make up the body of the paper; how you can engage in
productive research and do so in a planned, self-directed way; how
you can make a point clear-not just grammatically or stylistically
clear, but clear in thought and clear in communicating that thought
to an audience; how you can think your way through the numerous
unanticipated issues (including aspects of grammatical correctness,
transitions, as well as many others) that arise in the course of
writing papers. The book aims to provide close and careful
processes for carrying out each of these, always through the use of
one's best reasoned judgment-through critical thinking. A closely
related goal in the book is to bring in the standards of critical
thinking. A well-thought-out paper needs to be clear, accurate,
relevant, and fair; it needs to stress the important parts of a
topic (rather than the minor side-issues); it should be as precise,
deep, broad, and sufficient as it needs to be for the context in
which the paper is written. But recognizing that these standards
are essential is plainly not enough. With the critical thinking
standards, the "how" is again paramount. Critical Writing provides
concrete usable ways for students to make their paper more
accurate, more relevant, and so forth, and to communicate its
accuracy, relevance, and the rest to the writers' audience. Perhaps
just as important, the book gives specific prompts that help to
direct writers toward the thinking required to help them meet those
standards. The specific focus in the book is on writing a paper,
but the concepts and processes of critical writing apply in a
direct and useful way to virtually any kind of non-fictional
writing. [1]Critical Writing: A Guide to Writing a Paper Using the
Concepts and Processes of Critical Thinking lays out the main
dimensions of the Foundation for Critical Thinking's articulation
of critical thinking (www.criticalthinking.org) as they apply to
writing. The approach was developed by Richard Paul, Linda Elder
and myself. Probably the best overview of it is contained in Paul
and Elder's Critical Thinking: Concepts and Tools. Though Paul and
Elder's book is highly condensed, it spells out the essential
components of a robust conception of critical thinking.
The main goal of Critical Writing is to provide students with a set
of robust, integrated critical concepts and processes that will
allow to them think through a topic, and then write about it, and
to do so in a way that is built on, and permeated by, substantive
critical thinking. The "topic" in question can be virtually
anything that can be written about: issues, situations, problems,
questions, arguments, and decisions are just some examples. The
critical thinking tools and concepts are built on the Paul-Elder
Approach to critical thinking.[1] A major part of the goal of the
book is to provide not only the "what" of writing a paper, but the
"how" of it. The "what" is constituted by the essential components
of a well-thought-out paper: thesis statement and main points, an
articulated structure, development, research, the need for clarity,
grammatical correctness, and several others. Addressing the "how"
of these occupies a significantly greater part of Critical Writing.
The aim throughout is to show: how you can actually construct a
thesis statement and the other main points that constitute the
structure of the paper; how you can write the actual paragraphs
that make up the body of the paper; how you can engage in
productive research and do so in a planned, self-directed way; how
you can make a point clear-not just grammatically or stylistically
clear, but clear in thought and clear in communicating that thought
to an audience; how you can think your way through the numerous
unanticipated issues (including aspects of grammatical correctness,
transitions, as well as many others) that arise in the course of
writing papers. The book aims to provide close and careful
processes for carrying out each of these, always through the use of
one's best reasoned judgment-through critical thinking. A closely
related goal in the book is to bring in the standards of critical
thinking. A well-thought-out paper needs to be clear, accurate,
relevant, and fair; it needs to stress the important parts of a
topic (rather than the minor side-issues); it should be as precise,
deep, broad, and sufficient as it needs to be for the context in
which the paper is written. But recognizing that these standards
are essential is plainly not enough. With the critical thinking
standards, the "how" is again paramount. Critical Writing provides
concrete usable ways for students to make their paper more
accurate, more relevant, and so forth, and to communicate its
accuracy, relevance, and the rest to the writers' audience. Perhaps
just as important, the book gives specific prompts that help to
direct writers toward the thinking required to help them meet those
standards. The specific focus in the book is on writing a paper,
but the concepts and processes of critical writing apply in a
direct and useful way to virtually any kind of non-fictional
writing. [1]Critical Writing: A Guide to Writing a Paper Using the
Concepts and Processes of Critical Thinking lays out the main
dimensions of the Foundation for Critical Thinking's articulation
of critical thinking (www.criticalthinking.org) as they apply to
writing. The approach was developed by Richard Paul, Linda Elder
and myself. Probably the best overview of it is contained in Paul
and Elder's Critical Thinking: Concepts and Tools. Though Paul and
Elder's book is highly condensed, it spells out the essential
components of a robust conception of critical thinking.
Throughout history, thinkers from every part of society have been
crippled by the notion that a person's own views and the views of
the groups with which that person associates are supremely and
exclusively right. Hand in hand, these dangerous tendencies pose
the greatest threat to any progress towards rational society.
Critical thinking leader Linda Elder reveals sociocentric and
egocentric thinking as foundational obstacles to thinking.
Dissecting the very core of how humans learn, think, and chose to
act, The Liberated Mind shows us how to free ourselves from
dysfunctional patterns and achieve truly rational thought. This
instant intellectual classic points towards the salvation of human
reason. Through the cultivation of critical societies, we can
follow the example of Socrates and live the examined life, even in
times of upheaval and doubt.
For Freshman Orientation or Critical Thinking courses as well as a
supplementary text for use in any subject-matter at any educational
level. This concise, effective guide is designed to help students
learn to think critically in any subject-matter. Learning to Think
Things Through presents a combination of instruction and exercises
that shows the reader how to become active learners rather than
passive recipients of information, use critical thinking to more
fully appreciate the power of the discipline they are studying, to
see its connections to other fields and to their day-to-day lives,
and to maintain an overview of the field so they can see the parts
in terms of the whole. The model of critical thinking (used
throughout the book) is in terms of the elements of reasoning,
standards, and critical thinking processes. This model is
well-suited to thinking through any problem or question. The 4th
edition reflects streamlined writing, with changes and substantial
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