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BL
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840689
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Mayfield, Marlys,1931-
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| Title & Author
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Thinking for yourself : : developing critical thinking skills through reading and writing /\ Marlys Mayfield.
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| Edition Statement
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9th ed., International ed.
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| Publication Statement
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Boston, MA :: Wadsworth, Cengage Learning,, cop. 2014 [i.e. 2013]
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XX, 376 pages :: illustrations ;; 23 cm
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| ISBN
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1133311180
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: 1285082451
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: 9781133311188
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: 9781285082455
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| Notes
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First ed.: 2007.
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Includes index.
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| Contents
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Introduction to critical thinking -- Part I -- Basics of critical thinking -- Observation skills: what's out there? -- Word precision: how do I describe it? -- Facts: what's real? -- Inferences: what follows? -- Part II -- Problems of critical thinking -- Assumptions: what's taken for granted? -- Opinions: what's believed? -- Viewpoints: what's the filter -- Part III -- Forms and standards of critical thinking -- Argument: what's a good argument? -- Fallacies: what's a faulty argument? -- Inductive reasoning: how do I reason from evidence? -- Inductive fallacies: how can inductive reasoning go wrong? -- Deductive reasoning: how do I reason from premises? -- Appendix: the research paper.
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pt. 1. Basics of Critical Thinking -- pt. 2. Problems of Critical Thinking -- pt. 3. Forms and Standards of Critical Thinking.
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Academic writing.
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Critical thinking.
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English language-- Rhetoric.
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Academic writing.
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Critical thinking.
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English language-- Rhetoric.
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Kritisch denken.
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Spreekvaardigheid.
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Taalvaardigheid.
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| Dewey Classification
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808.042
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| LC Classification
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PE1408.M3933 2014
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| NLM classification
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18.04bcl
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