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Please try again.Please try again.Please try again. Please try your request again later. It teaches them to respond to alternative points of view and develop a solid foundation for making personal choices about what to accept and what to reject as they read and listen. Chapter titles include: The Benefit of Asking the Right Questions; What are the Issue and the Conclusion?; What Are the Reasons?; What Are the Value Conflicts and Assumptions?; Are There Any Fallacies in the Reasoning?; How Good Is the Evidence: Intuition, Appeals to Authority, and Testimonials?; and What Reasonable Conclusions Are Possible?. For any critical reader who wants to enhance and develop better reasoning skills in order to make rational decisions. Then you can start reading Kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required. College juniors and seniors have used the book to analyze and evaluate legal arguments, and issues related to race and gender. Virtually any course could benefit from the addition of this book and the integration of the authors' approach to critical thinking. It is practical and uses a cross-disciplinary approach.It teaches them to respond to alternative points of view and develop a solid foundation for making personal choices about what to accept and what to reject as they read and listen. Chapter titles include: The Benefit of Asking the Right Questions; What are the Issue and the Conclusion?; What Are the Reasons?; What Are the Value Conflicts and Assumptions?; Are There Any Fallacies in the Reasoning?; How Good Is the Evidence: Intuition, Appeals to Authority, and Testimonials?; and What Reasonable Conclusions Are Possible?. For any critical reader who wants to enhance and develop better reasoning skills in order to make rational decisions.Our minds are under assault by experts and scam artists alike. Sorting among all their claims about what to eat, do, and believe is an incredibly difficult responsibility.

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We know that we need all the help we can get to protect ourselves from the dangers implicit in nonsense. It is in that spirit of watchful curiosity that we join with our readers in using this sixth edition of Asking the Right Questions: A Guide to Critical Thinking. We have attempted to be attentive to as many of these suggestions as we could, while maintaining the strengths of earlier editions. Individual readers who do not see their suggestions included will surely understand that writing for a general audience requires us to omit many valuable components that we would include were we writing for a more specialized group of readers. Thus, like its predecessors, this sixth edition is much more a joint work than the title page suggests. It is increasingly difficult for us to determine where our contributions end and where those of our readers begin. We hope that this edition reflects any wisdom that may have been lurking in former editions, while taking advantage of fresh insights gleaned from our own teaching and the caring suggestions of others. Like this edition of Asking the Right Questions, critical thinking is both old and new. Systematic evaluation of arguments based on explicit rational criteria is as old as recorded history. Terminology changes, emphases emerge, and worthwhile disputes about the criteria for rational conversation break out. But the habit of questioning the quality of the reasoning for a belief or contention is implicit in our daily living. Certainly, individuals may not be particularly skilled at this questioning process, but it is hard to imagine what it would mean to always and ever accept as true whatever we hear. Critical thinking thus has staying power. All of us can be confident that the interest in critical thinking will outlive us. So this book is part of a very old, yet enduring, tradition. Our interest in critical thinking ties us together in an important respect: We want to think carefully before we make a belief our own.

From the start of this book's history, we have been motivated by our personal experiences and observations. As the complexity of the world seems to increase at an accelerating rate, there is a greater tendency to become passive absorbers of information, uncritically accepting what we see and hear. We are concerned that too many of us are not actively making personal choices about what to accept and what to reject. Thus, the need for such a book is now even more pronounced. Our experience in teaching critical-thinking skills to our students over a number of years has convinced us that when individuals with diverse abilities are taught these skills in a simplified format, they can learn to apply them successfully. In the process, they develop greater confidence in their ability to make rational choices about social issues, even those with which they have formerly had little experience. Another motivating factor for the book has been our inability to find materials with which to teach the skills we wanted students to learn. We did not want a philosophy text, but rather a book that, while informal in nature, would outline basic critical-thinking skills explicitly, concisely, and simply. We did not find such a book. Thus, we have written a text that does a number of things that other books have failed to do. This text develops an integrated series of question-asking skills that can be applied widely. These skills are discussed in an informal style. (We have written to a general audience, not to any specialized group.) The development of Asking the Right Questions has leaned heavily on our joint experience of sixty years as teachers of critical thinking. Our ideas have evolved in response to numerous classroom experiences with students at many different levels, from freshman to Ph.D. students. These experiences have taught us certain emphases that are particularly effective in learning critical thinking.

For example, we provide many opportunities for readers to apply their skills and to receive immediate feedback following the practice application. The book is replete with examples of writing devoted to controversial contemporary topics. The breadth of topics introduces the average reader to numerous controversies with which he or she may have little familiarity. The book is coherently organized, in that critical questions are discussed sequentially as the reader progresses from understanding to evaluating. One feature that deserves to be highlighted is the applicability of Asking the Right Questions to numerous life experiences extending far beyond the classroom. The habits and attitudes associated with critical thinking are transferable to consumer, medical, legal, and general ethical choices. When our surgeon says surgery is needed, it can be life sustaining to seek answers to critical questions. To make this general applicability apparent and to provide an element of cohesiveness to the book, each chapter begins with brief exchanges concerning the desirability of capital punishment. We all care about this issue, and critical thinking enables us to express our concerns in a more reasonable fashion. The exchange should be read both before and after the applicable chapter. It is our hope that the second reading will be more satisfying. In addition, the sixth edition includes the following new features: Creation of a Web site with additional practice passages. This addition is our response to the most oft-repeated request from current readers. Completely revised comprehensive example of the critical questions at work in Chapter 14. Inclusion of hints for using the critical thinking questions as an aid to writing and speaking. Revision of almost half of the practice passages to reflect changing student interests. Highlighting of those chapter sections that explain how to use the critical questions to evaluate arguments.

Inclusion of end-of-chapter Internet practice opportunities. Each new element has emerged from the teaching experience of numerous colleagues. Who would find Asking the Right Questions especially beneficial. Because of our teaching experiences with readers representing many levels of ability, we have difficulty envisioning any academic course or program for which this book would not be useful. In fact, the first five editions have been used in law, English, pharmacy, philosophy, education, psychology, sociology, religion, and social science courses, as well as in numerous high school classrooms. A few uses for the book seem especially appropriate. Teachers in general education programs may want to begin their courses by assigning it as a coherent response to their students' requests to explain what is expected of them. English courses that emphasize expository writing could use this text both as a format for evaluating arguments prior to constructing an essay and as a checklist of problems that the writer should attempt to avoid as he or she writes. The book is especially functional in courses for training prospective teachers and graduate assistants because it makes explicit much that teachers will want to encourage in their students. Supplementing their current content with our step-by-step description of the process of critical reading and thinking may enrich courses in study-skill development. The text can also be used as the central focus of courses designed specifically to teach critical reading and thinking skills. While Asking the Right Questions stems primarily from our classroom experiences, it is written so that it can guide the reading and listening habits of almost everyone. The skills that it seeks to develop are those that any critical reader needs in order for reading to serve as a basis for rational decisions. The critical questions stressed in the book can enhance anyone's reasoning, regardless of the extent of his or her formal education.

This sixth edition owes special debts to many people. Many readers of earlier editions have cared enough about this project to suggest improvements. Several have been especially helpful. Carrie Williamson has made numerous contributions to this edition. Her continued success as a learner is the type of legacy that this book hopes to facilitate in some small way. As always, Andrea Giampetro-Meyer of Loyola College in Baltimore has provided us with much dependable advice. We also wish to acknowledge the following Prentice Hall reviewers: Brian Allan Wooters, Metropolitan Community College; Naomi Werne, Wichita State University; and Valeri Farmer-Dougan, Illinois State University. While our students are always a major source of suggested improvements, a few distinguished themselves in that regard. The sixth edition depended heavily on improvements suggested by Kathleen Maloy, Amanda Sanford, Justin Esarey, Kari Freeman, and Elizabeth Barre. M. Neil Browne Stuart M. Keeley Full content visible, double tap to read brief content. Videos Help others learn more about this product by uploading a video. Upload video To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. It also analyzes reviews to verify trustworthiness. Please try again later. Karen Colvin 5.0 out of 5 stars I could teach a course on the contents of this book alone, if given the opportunity. Everyone in the academic community will benefit from this engaging read!!The authors state that too often we accept what we see and hear, becoming passive absorbers of information rather than critical listeners or readers. They go on to caution us against adapting a belief as our own before examining the validity of arguments for or against. We should ask questions in order to reach our own personal opinion or decision.

Although not its purpose, Asking the Right Questions actually provides great insight into the art of brainwashing. The authors' meticulous journey through the techniques of critical thinking reveals how we too frequently accept what we are told without ever questioning the source of the material. As we are bombarded daily with information, there are so many opportunities for misunderstanding and deception. How easily we surrender our power to others by allowing them, in so many subtle ways, to control our opinions and beliefs. The authors' critical questions and clues are invaluable in analyzing examples of flawed reasoning. This book is a mind-expanding experience for almost everyone. It is a newfound freedom that will forever alter your perception and your approach to thinking process.I am an electrical engineer by profession. I am well-regarded by my peers as an careful thinker; however, I have found myself frustrated at times when discussing controversial issues with friends.After reading ARQ, I found that these dilemmas are frequently the result of not agreeing on the definitions of ambiguous terms (e.g. oppression, sexism, racism) or on some logical fallicies that was used. This has made a quite difference in my ability to discern the issues at hand. ARQ uses a systematic list of questions to review the proposed thesis. These questions are designed to help you understand their conclusion, and evaluate their supporting evidence. Throughout the book, you are encouraged to set your own biases aside in favor of rationally evaluating the evidence. Furthermore, you receive some brief instruction on typical logical fallicies. Ad hominem attacks are addressed; however, I disagree with a prior reviewer's assertion that this is nothing new. Indeed some of us grew up in homes that did not value name-calling, but that is just the start of an ad-hominem attack. Many times discussions get sidetracked by implicit accusations about a person's character.
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They teach you how to find those answers on your own. In many cases, there are no right or wrong answers.I have been very pleased with the thoughtful approach that ARQ uses. I believe that every high-school and college student should be required to read it.It has given me structure to evaluate and formulate in order to make better decisions. I think poor structure is better than no structure, even if this book does not help you out as much as it did myself. This book has given myself a template to improve upon so that I might seek to understand what people are trying to influence me. If you are like me and believe the Masses are fickle, and you want to seperate yourself and really understand life then this book should be on your list. The book has some practicals to help with the formulated structure. I highly recommend this book for individuals entering college or graduate school.The Easy to follow guide lets you know how to change your own thought patterns to better your entire existance. This is no exageration. After one chapter you will begin to do things you never thought yourself capeable of. Function at a higher level. Get more out of live. A life filled with magnificent thoughts.That's why I found this book very convenient for people who want to get into business management. Please choose a different delivery location or purchase from another seller.Please choose a different delivery location or purchase from another seller.Please try again. Then you can start reading Kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required. Full content visible, double tap to read brief content. It also analyzes reviews to verify trustworthiness. Contact your Savvas Learning Company Account General Manager for purchase options.It teaches them to respond to alternative points of view and develop a solid foundation for making personal choices about what to accept and what to reject.

First-year college students have used the book to analyze and evaluate arguments about contemporary business issues. It is practical and uses a cross-disciplinary approach.Connect with us to Instant Access ISBNs are for individuals purchasing with credit cards or PayPal. Savvas Learning Company is a trademark of Savvas Learning Company LLC. Please try again. Contact your Savvas Learning Company Account General Manager for purchase options.The Pearson print rental program provides students with affordable access to learning materials, so they come to class ready to succeed. They demonstrate how to respond to alternative points of view and make the best personal choices about what information to accept or reject. Additionally, the updated practice passages and exercises, as well as an enhanced visual program, add to this book’s appeal in a variety of courses and disciplines. Critical thinking is presented as a process for improving the beliefs we hold and the decisions we make. Some people feel threatened when their beliefs are challenged, and that leads to a communication breakdown. Guide reading and listening habits with current topics, fresh visuals, and hands-on practice. NEW! Visual representations echo what is said in print, benefitting many students as they learn to think critically.In our current world of “fake news” and scientific “perspectives,” the ability to evaluate research studies and think critically about their results is crucial. A step-ystep approach introduces a particular critical-thinking learning skill in each chapter, and then adds to the list of cumulative skills with each subsequent chapter. NEW! The understanding of critical thinking has been extended to writing and speaking, through the expertise of an experienced writing teacher, who illustrates how to translate critical analysis into powerful speeches and effective, coherent prose.

Using a more interactive approach to questioning and listening stimulates conversation and produces more successful outcomes.NEW! New sections on Measurement Errors, Grey Thinking, Managed Reasoning, and Fundamental Attribution Errors cover issues of current interest and importance. NEW! Visual representations echo what is said in print, benefitting many students as they learn to think critically. This edition adds multiple charts at the very point where especially important ideas are being discussed. Practice Passages offer opportunities to immediately apply critical-thinking skills to a short passage, appearing at the end of each chapter. NEW! One-third of the practice passages have been replaced with material more closely tied to students’ lives. Think-aloud answers, for early practice passages, walk students through the process of responding critically to the passage. “Hearing” the step-by-step process of accepting, rejecting, revising, and organizing an answer gives the reader a more realistic picture of the actual process. EXPANDED! The social or interactive nature of critical thinking — how the questioning methods and techniques can greatly influence the value of the dialogue — is strongly emphasized. Using a more interactive approach to questioning and listening stimulates conversation and produces more successful outcomes. UPDATED! Insights from Daniel Kahneman — renowned psychologist, winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics, and author of Thinking, Fast and Slow — are integrated throughout the book, emphasizing the benefits and importance of slow thinking. New sections on Measurement Errors, Grey Thinking, Managed Reasoning, and Fundamental Attribution Errors cover issues of current interest and importance. Visual representations echo what is said in print, benefitting many students as they learn to think critically. One-third of the practice passages have been replaced with material more closely tied to students’ lives.

Kinds of Issues Searching for the Issue Searching for the Author’s or Speaker’s Conclusion Clues to Discovery: How to Find the Conclusion Practice Exercises Sample Responses 3. What Are the Reasons. Initiating the Questioning Process Words That Identify Reasons Keeping the Reasons and Conclusions Straight Reasons First, Then Conclusions Writing and Speaking as Critical Thinkers Practice Exercises Sample Responses 4. What Words or Phrases Are Ambiguous. The Confusing Flexibility of Words Locating Key Terms and Phrases Checking for Ambiguity Determining Ambiguity Context and Ambiguity Ambiguity, Definitions, and the Dictionary Limits of Your Responsibility to Clarify Ambiguity Writing and Speaking as Critical Thinkers Practice Exercises Sample Responses 5. What Are the Value and Descriptive Assumptions. General Guide for Identifying Assumptions Value Conflicts and Assumptions From Values to Value Assumptions Typical Value Conflicts The Communicator’s Background as a Clue to Value Assumptions Consequences as Clues to Value Assumptions More Hints for Finding Value Assumptions The Value of Knowing the Value Priorities of Others Values and Relativism Identifying and Evaluating Descriptive Assumptions Illustrating Descriptive Assumptions Common Descriptive Assumptions Clues for Locating Assumptions Writing and Speaking as Critical Thinkers Practice Exercises Sample Responses 6. Are There Any Fallacies in the Reasoning. A Questioning Approach to Finding Reasoning Fallacies Evaluating Assumptions as a Starting Point Discovering Other Common Reasoning Fallacies Looking for Diversions Sleight of Hand: Begging the Question Summary of Reasoning Errors Expanding Your Knowledge of Fallacies Practice Exercises Sample Responses 7. The Worth of Personal Experience, Case Examples, Testimonials, and Statements of Authority as Evidence Fact or Opinion.

The Need for Dependable Evidence Sources of Evidence Personal Experience as Evidence Case Examples as Evidence Testimonials as Evidence Appeals to Authority as Evidence Practice Exercises Sample Responses 8. How Good Is the Evidence: Personal Observation and Research Studies. Personal Observation as Evidence Biased Surveys and Questionnaires Research Studies as Evidence General Problems with Research Findings Generalizing From the Research Sample Generalizing From the Research Measures When You Can Most Trust Expert Opinion Research and the Internet Writing and Speaking as Critical Thinkers Practice Exercises Sample Responses 9. Are There Rival Causes. When to Look for Rival Causes The Pervasiveness of Rival Causes Detecting Rival Causes The Cause or a Cause Multiple Perspectives as a Guide to Rival Causes Confusing Causation with Association Confusing “After This” with “Because of This” Explaining Individual Events or Acts Evaluating Rival Causes Rival Causes and Your Own Communication Exploring Potential Causes Practice Exercises Sample Responses 10. Are Any Statistics Deceptive. Unknowable and Biased Statistics Confusing Averages Measurement Errors Concluding One Thing, Proving Another Deceiving by Omitting Information Using Statistics in Your Writing Practice Exercises Sample Responses 11. What Significant Information Is Omitted. The Benefits of Detecting Omitted Information The Certainty of Incomplete Reasoning Questions That Identify Omitted Information But We Need to Know the Numbers The Importance of the Negative View Omitted Information That Remains Missing Writing and Speaking as Critical Thinkers Practice Exercises Sample Responses 12. What Reasonable Conclusions Are Possible. Dichotomous Thinking: Impediment to Considering Multiple Conclusions Grey Thinking: Two Sides or Many. Productivity of If-Clauses The Liberating Effect of Recognizing Alternative Conclusions Summary Practice Exercises Sample Responses 13.

Speed Bumps Interfering with Your Critical Thinking The Discomfort of Asking the Right Questions Thinking Too Quickly Stereotypes Mental Habits That Betray Us Halo Effect Belief Perseverance Availability Heuristic Answering the Wrong Question Egocentrism Wishful Thinking: Perhaps the Biggest Single Speed Bump on the Road to Critical Thinking Final Words Index Connect with us to Instant Access ISBNs are for individuals purchasing with credit cards or PayPal. Savvas Learning Company is a trademark of Savvas Learning Company LLC. During that time, he authored 55 books and 170 professional research articles in multiple disciplines. He has recently been asked to keynote the International Critical Thinking Conferences in Turkey and China. Critical thinking has also been a core element of his success as a coach of Intercollegiate Mock Trial, Intercollegiate Mediation, and Intercollegiate Model Arab League teams. His undergraduate and graduate teaching focused on abnormal psychology and clinical assessment. He also taught critical thinking to freshmen for many years. In 2000, the Bowling Green State University Trustees awarded him the title of Distinguished Teaching Professor of Psychology. His dozens of research articles in psychology and higher education have centered around pedagogy, community mental health training, and decision making. Now in his retirement, he continues to be an avid listener and reader, as well as an accomplished author. Please try again. This highly popular text helps students bridge the gap between simply memorizing or blindly accepting information, and the greater challenge of critical analysis and synthesis. It teaches them to respond to alternative points of view and develop a solid foundation for making personal choices about what to accept and what to reject.

Product Identifiers Publisher Prentice Hall PTR ISBN-10 0130891347 ISBN-13 9780130891341 eBay Product ID (ePID) 1702904 Product Key Features Format Trade Paperback Language English Publication Year 2000 Number of Pages 221 Pages Dimensions Item Length 9in. First-year college students have used the book to analyze and evaluate arguments about contemporary business issues. It is practical and uses a cross-disciplinary approach.Verisign. Groups Discussions Quotes Ask the Author When our surgeon says surgery is needed, it can be life sustaining to seek answers to the critical questions encouraged in Asking the Right Questions This popular book helps bridge the gap between simply memorizing or blindly accepting infor When our surgeon says surgery is needed, it can be life sustaining to seek answers to the critical questions encouraged in Asking the Right Questions This popular book helps bridge the gap between simply memorizing or blindly accepting information, and the greater challenge of critical analysing the things we are told and read. It gives strategies for responding to alternative points of view and will help readers develop a solid foundation for making personal choices about what to accept and what to reject. To see what your friends thought of this book,It is broken down into 12 critial thinking questions that you ask when someone presents you with an argument to determine if the argument makes sense. The process is simple and is very valuable to apply to every situation where some one is trying to influence your opinion. This means arguements, advertisements, articles. It is practical, builds on itself, and presents many examples to test your comprehension and ability It is broken down into 12 critial thinking questions that you ask when someone presents you with an argument to determine if the argument makes sense. It is practical, builds on itself, and presents many examples to test your comprehension and ability to apply the questions.

It is a text book of maybe 100 pages and should be used in every school in the world. Bold words, but this is how I feel. That's stupid, but really...) then this is a good one. Used this several times. It's a pretty easy read and helps you think critically, logically, to avoid fallacies... all the good critical thinking stuff. If you don't know about this stuff and never took the course in high school, it's not only going to help you analyze stories better but think more successfully in work, school, community and more. Essential stu That's stupid, but really...) then this is a good one. Essential stuff. I can't wait to implement the ideas and questions proffered by this text. I'd really love to read the 12th edition, as it has an updated chapter on biases, stereotypes, and learning to question those in power. Resistance through critical thinking! Yes! I can't wait to implement the ideas and questions proffered by this text. Resistance through critical thinking! Yes! Second, the book is concise and only presents essential information. The following is a quic. First, it provides several relevant examples. Second, the book is concise and only presents essential information. The following is a quick list of topics contained in the book: 1. Importance of Critical Thinking 2. Separation of issues from conclusions 3. Identification of ambiguous arguments 4. Identification of assumptions 5. Understanding rational fallacies 6. Evaluation of evidence 7. Looking for rival causes (alternative hypotheses) 8. Evaluation of data I recommend this book for anyone that wants to improve their ability to think through; complex task, research efforts or, the upcoming presidential race. In a world full of sound bites and rapid fire media blitzing it’s hard to take the time to think through relevant issues. A book like this provides tools we can use to determine what arguments are worth listening too then weight its validity. I plan to practice what was taught in this book.