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100			_aElder, Linda _987844
245			_aThinker's guide to analytic thinking : how to take thinking apart and what to look for when you do
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260			_aCalifornia _bFoundation for Critical Thinking Press _c2016
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505			_aContents Part I: Understanding the Basic Theory of Analysis This section provides the foundational theory essential to analysis. It delineates the eight basic structures present in all thinking Why a Guide on Analytic Thinking? 5 Why the Analysis of Thinking is Important 6 All Thinking is Defined by the Eight Elements That Make It Up 6 All Humans Use Their Thinking To Make Sense of the World 7 To Analyze Thinking We Must Learn to Identify and Question Its Elemental Structures 8 To Evaluate Thinking, We Must Understand and Apply Intellectual Standards 9-10 Thirty-five Dimensions of Critical Thought 11-12 On the Basis of the Above We Can Develop A Checklist for Evaluating Reasoning 13-14 Part 2: Getting Started: Some First Steps This section enumerates the most important foundational moves in analysis Think About Purpose 15 State the Question 16 Gather Information 17 Watch Your Inferences 18 Check Your Assumptions 19 Clarify Your Concepts 20 Understand Your Point of View 21 Think Through the Implications 22 Part 3: Using Analysis to Figure Out the Logic of Anything This section provides a range of sample analyses (as well as templates for analysis) The Figuring Mind 23 Analyzing the Logic of Human Emotions 24-26 Analyzing Problems 27-28 Analyzing the Logic of an Article, Essay, or Chapter 29-32 Analyzing the Logic of a Textbook 33 Evaluating an Author's Reasoning 34 Analyzing the Logic of a Subject: 35 Science 36 History 37 Sociology 38 Economics 39-40 Ecology 41-42 Substantive Writing 43 Part 4: Taking Your Understanding to a Deeper Level This section explains the elements more comprehensively, differentiating skilled from unskilled reasoners Analyzing and Assessing: Goals, Purposes, or Objectives 44 Questions, Problems, and Issues 45 Data, Evidence, Experience, Research 46 Inferences, Interpretations, and Conclusions 47 Assumptions and Beliefs 48 Concepts, Ideas, and Theories 49 Points of View and Perspectives 50 Implications and Consequences 51 Distinguishing Between Inferences and Assumptions 52-53 Conclusion 54
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700			_aPaul, Richard _987845
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