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McGraw-Hill An Introduction to Critical Thinking 2000 Edition by Bruce Reichenbach
This text uses the educational objectives of Benjamin Bloom as six steps to critical thinking (namely: knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis, and evaluation). The book starts with the absolute basics (for example, how to find the topic, issue, and thesis) vs. the usual "explaining and evaluating arguments" and fine distinctions that easily can lose students. Table of contents :- Preface to the InstructorChapter 1: Critical Thinking In Real LifeChapter 2: Six Steps Of Critical ThinkingChapter 3: Knowledge: Acquiring InformationChapter 4: Comprehension: Making Information Your OwnChapter 5: Comprehension: Clarifying Your LanguageChapter 6: Analysis: Distinguishing Types Of DiscourseChapter 7: Arguments: Discovering How Arguments WorkChapter 8: Synthesis: Writing With Critical Thinking:Chapter 9: Synthesis: Solving Problems CreativelyChapter 10: Evaluation: Assessing The Strength Of Inductive ArgumentsChapter 11: Evaluation: Identifying More Fallacies Of ContentChapter 12: Evaluation: Assessing The Validity Of Deductive ArgumentsAnswers to the Exercises