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Asking the Right Questions: A Guide to Critical Thinking, 6/E
M. Neil Browne, Ph.D., Bowling Green State University
Stuart M. Keeley, Bowling Green State University

ISBN-10: 0130891347
ISBN-13: 9780130891341

Publisher: Prentice Hall
Copyright: 2001
Format: Paper; 221 pp


Suggested retail price: $28.00
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For all level Critical Thinking, Argumentative Writing, and Informal Logic courses in English, Social Science, Philosophy, Education, Journalism, and Mass Communication departments.

This highly popular text helps students bridge the gap between simply memorizing or blindly accepting information, and the greater challenge of critical analysis and synthesis. It teaches them to respond to alternative points of view and develop a solid foundation for making personal choices about what to accept and what to reject.

  • NEW - Expanded treatment of the role of values in critical thinking.

    • Emphasizes part of the process that enables students to make rational and moral choices about social issues—even those with which they have had little experience. Ex.___

  • NEW - Added sections in most chapters.

    • Explains how critical thinking can enhance the speaking and writing of those who learn the skills in this text. Ex.___

  • NEW - Completely rewritten final chapter.

    • Demonstrates, in one place, the integrated use of critical thinking skills, and helps students see skills as something to be applied—rather than isolated. Ex.___

  • NEW - Numerous new practice passages—Available on a Web site.

    • Provides students with a workbook-like set of application opportunities. Ex.___

  • A focus on question-asking skills.

    • Teaches students to develop their critical-thinking abilities by not always accepting what they hear as truth. Ex.___

  • Treatment of critical thinking as a generic skill.

    • Makes the learning process applicable to all disciplines. Ex.___

  • Broad understanding of different types of evidence.

    • Explores the criteria for rational conversation and the quality of reasoning. Ex.___

  • Analysis of biases.

    • Familiarizes students with preconceived ideas that hinder critical thinking. Ex.___

  • Caution Boxes.

    • Alert students to common misunderstandings that interfere with the effective use of an idea or skills. Ex.___

  • Use of graphics and cartoons.

    • Enlivens the presentation and helps clarify complex or significant points. Ex.___

  • Chapter-length illustration.

    • Highlights for students the system of “right” questions. Ex.___

  • Informal writing style.

    • Offers students a readable text with a simplified format that outlines the basic skills explicitly and concisely. Ex.___

  • Key definitions highlighted throughout.

    • Emphasizes important terminology needed for understanding and evaluating reasoning. Ex.___

  • Expanded treatment of the role of values in critical thinking.

    • Emphasizes part of the process that enables students to make rational and moral choices about social issues—even those with which they have had little experience. Ex.___

  • Added sections in most chapters.

    • Explains how critical thinking can enhance the speaking and writing of those who learn the skills in this text. Ex.___

  • Completely rewritten final chapter.

    • Demonstrates, in one place, the integrated use of critical thinking skills, and helps students see skills as something to be applied—rather than isolated. Ex.___

  • Numerous new practice passages—Available on a Web site.

    • Provides students with a workbook-like set of application opportunities. Ex.___



 1. The Benefit of Asking the Right Questions.


 2. What Are the Issue and the Conclusion?


 3. What Are the Reasons?


 4. What Words or Phrases Are Ambiguous?


 5. What Are the Value Conflicts and Assumptions?


 6. What Are the Descriptive Assumptions?


 7. Are There Any Fallacies in the Reasoning?


 8. How Good Is the Evidence: Intuition, Appeals to Authority, and Testimonials?


 9. How Good Is the Evidence: Personal Observation, Case Studies, Research Studies, and Analogies?


10. Are There Rival Causes?


11. Are the Statistics Deceptive?


12. What Significant Information Is Omitted?


13. What Reasonable Conclusions Are Possible?


14. Practice and Review.


Final Word.


Index.

    For Courses on Critical Thinking, Argumentative Writing, Informal Logic courses, as well as Student Success courses.

    Asking the Right Questions is a concise, well-priced book with great examples, and it thoroughly covers critical thinking.

    This highly popular text helps students bridge the gap between simply memorizing or blindly accepting information, and the greater challenge of critical analysis and synthesis. It teaches them to respond to alternative points of view and develop a solid foundation for making personal choices about what to accept and what to reject.  Perfect for freshman courses, this brief book does an amazingly thorough job covering critical thinking.

  • 0132203049Asking the Right Questions: A Guide to Critical Thinking, 8/E
    Browne & Keeley
    © 2007 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 240 pages | Instock
    ISBN-10: 0132203049 | ISBN-13: 9780132203043
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"I have assigned ASKING THE RIGHT QUESTIONS to a wide range of students in a wide range of courses over my fourteen years as a college professor. First-year college students have used the book to analyze and evaluate arguments about contemporary business issues. College juniors and seniors have used the book to analyze and evaluate legal arguments, and issues related to race and gender. … Many of my students tell me the book has changed the way they read, write, and argue." — Andrea Giampetro-Meyer, J.D., Loyola College in Maryland



"I think ASKING THE RIGHT QUESTIONS is one of the most valuable resources currently available for higher education courses as well as for other contexts…. Virtually any course could benefit from the addition of this book and the integration of the authors' approach to critical thinking. I myself have used the book for several years in a variety of courses and know that it has truly enhanced my students' rational thinking processes." — Norrine L. Ostrowski, Ph.D., University of Minnesota-Morris



"As an instructor I like the approach ASKING THE RIGHT QUESTIONS takes. It is practical and uses a cross-disciplinary approach. Asking the "right" questions is a technique that can be used in any discipline at any level."— Valeri Farmer-Dougan, Illinois State University

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