An Introduction to Critical Thinking: Madhucchanda Sen [Perason; 2010; Pages: 113; Rs.90/-] From the blurb: An Introduction to Critical Thinking will help students develop their critical thinking faculties and to overcome personal prejudices and biases, the influence of social brain washing, fears associated with free-thinking and ego-centrism - the elements that hinder our understanding and evaluation of the world around us, and prevent us from taking decisions independently and responsibly Prof Madhucchanda Sen teaches philosophy at Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkota. She works in the area of philosophy of mind, philosophy of language and epistemology. Chapters: 1. What is Critical Thinking? [Who is a Critical Thinker?; Standards of Critical Thinking; Critical thinking: Benefits & Barriers] 2. Critical Thinking and Logic [What is an Argument?; How Can We Recognize an Argument?; Premises, Hidden Premises, Conclusions and Intermediate Conclusion; Truth Content and Logical Content; Validity; Deductive Arguments and validity; Inductive Arguments and Strength] 3. Evaluating Arguments: Inference and Fallacies [ Linguistic Phenomena; Fallacies; The Relevance of Relevance; Sufficiency] 4. Information and Its Evaluation [ Sources of Information; Testimony as a Source of Information; Reason and Basic Human Limitations; Reason and Social Influences; Means of Social Influences] 5. Thinking, Reading and Writing Critically
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