The benefit of asking the right questions
Critical thinking as a social activity
What are the issue and the conclusion?
What are the reasons?
What words or phrases are ambiguous?
What are the value and descriptive assumptions?
Are there any fallacies in the reasoning?
How good is the evidence : intuition, personal experience, testimonials, and appeals to authority?
How good is the evidence : personal observation, research studies, case examples, and analogies?
Are there rival causes?
Are the statistics deceptive?
What significant information is omitted?
What reasonable conclusions are possible?
Overcoming obstacles to critical thinking
Should we protect children from advertising?
What is the proper role of government in improving the qualitty of families in our culture?
What is the secret to happiness?
In what ways can the media influence society and what can we do about it?
What role does physical appearance play in our lives?
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Asking the right questions with readings : a guide to critical thinking by M. Neil Browne. ISBN 9780205649280. Published by Prentice Hall in 2011. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.
