A Practical Guide to Critical Thinking (PDF)

A thoroughly updated introduction to the concepts, methods, and
standards of critical thinking, A Practical Guide to Critical
Thinking: Deciding What to Do and Believe, Second
Edition is a unique presentation of the formal strategies
used when thinking through reasons and arguments in many areas of
expertise. Pursuing an interdisciplinary approach to critical
thinking, the book offers a broad conception of critical thinking
and explores the practical relevance to conducting research across
fields such as, business, education, and the biological
sciences.
Applying rigor when necessary, the Second Edition maintains
an informal approach to the fundamental core concepts of critical
thinking. With practical strategies for defining, analyzing, and
evaluating reasons and arguments, the book illustrates how the
concept of an argument extends beyond philosophical roots into
experimentation, testing, measurement, and policy development and
assessment. Featuring plenty of updated exercises for a wide range
of subject areas, A Practical Guide to Critical Thinking
Deciding What to Do and Believe, Second Edition also
includes:

* Numerous real-world examples from many fields of research,
which reflect the applicability of critical thinking in everyday
life

* New topical coverage, including the nature of reasons,
assertion and supposing, narrow and broad definitions,
circumstantial reasons, and reasoning about causal claims

* Selected answers to various exercises to provide readers with
instantaneous feedback to support and extend the lessons

A Practical Guide to Critical Thinking Deciding What to Do
and Believe, Second Edition is an excellent textbook for
courses on critical thinking and logic at the undergraduate and
graduate levels as well as an appropriate reference for anyone with
a general interest in critical thinking skills.