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Title: Thought and Knowledge: An Introduction to Critical Thinking by Diane F. Halpern ISBN: 0-8058-3966-6 Publisher: Lawrence Erlbaum Assoc Pub. Date: August, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $49.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (3 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: excellent textbook
Comment: I felt I had to answer the 2 irresponsible reviews above. This is an excellent introduction to critical thinking. It is thoughtful clear, and enjoyable to read. Each chapter contains puzzle-like, challenging exercises which reinforce the lessons. It is easy to improve your thinking skills by reading this book and working through the exercises.
Rating: 2
Summary: An Appalling Lack of Critical Thinking
Comment: The book is easy to read and moderately informative but useless as a textbook for a course in critical thinking. About a third of it is just incomprehensible because of the "folksy" writing style. Ex: Ch 4 opens, "Reasoning is often taken to be the hallmark of the human species. Colloquially, reasoning tells us 'what follows what.'" That's the best definition of reasoning you're going to get in that chapter! Errors of reasoning are rampant throughout the book. The first chapter opens with a barrage of statistics to show that CT is not adequately taught.Ex: You will live into your '70's so what do you need to know to be prosperous (as if all knowledge for the entire future needs to be acquired today.) The book is riddled with wrong definitions and erroneous information. The chapter on hypothesis testing is especially egregious in that regard. There are few references later than 1991 (in the 3d edition). Finally, the chapters do not speak to each other: There are completely unrelated chapters on memory, logic, and probability theory, for example. The book might be useful in a course on rhetoric or communications, but critical thinking it is not. The chapter on analysis of arguments is the one good one, but it doesn't redeem this... paperback.
Rating: 5
Summary: Comprehensive yet readable
Comment: I have collected a library of books on critical thinking, but this is by far the best. It is comprehensive and intellectually honest, yet very readable. I bought it, started looking through it, and wound up reading it completely in that one sitting. It's rare to find such a scholarly book so compelling!
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Title: Thinking Critically About Critical Thinking: An Introduction to Critical Thinking: An Exercise Book to Accompany Thought & Knowledge by Diane F. Halpern ISBN: 0805820329 Publisher: Lawrence Erlbaum Assoc Pub. Date: November, 1995 List Price(USD): $22.50 |
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Title: Asking the Right Questions: A Guide to Critical Thinking (6th Edition) by M. Neil Browne, Stuart M. Keeley ISBN: 0130891347 Publisher: Prentice Hall Pub. Date: 05 July, 2000 List Price(USD): $28.00 |
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Title: Taking Sides: Clashing Views on Controversial Psychological Issues (Taking Sides) by Brent Slife ISBN: 0072480645 Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Dushkin Pub. Date: December, 2001 List Price(USD): $25.60 |
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Title: Critical Thinking About Research: Psychology and Related Fields by Julian Meltzoff ISBN: 1557984557 Publisher: American Psychological Association (APA) Pub. Date: January, 1998 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Becoming a Critical Thinker: A User Friendly Manual (3rd Edition) by Sherry Diestler ISBN: 0130289221 Publisher: Prentice Hall Pub. Date: 14 December, 2000 List Price(USD): $45.00 |
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