This lively introduction to the basis of critical analysis shows how to evaluate evidence, isolate facts, and use sound reasoning skills in everyday situations. The chapters focus on: The Importance of Clear Thinking; The Nature of Facts; The Reasoning Process; Language and Reasoning; Common Errors in Reasoning; Conflicting Opinions; Stereotypes, Prejudice, and Discrimination; How Opinions Are Influenced; and much more.
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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
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Good intro to logic and reason...,
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This is a great book for those that need to brush up on reasoning skills or as an introduction. With many full grown adults possessing little or no science and critical thinking education these days, books like these are a must-read. It is never too late to empower yourself with logic!
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Excellent Book on How to Think,
By The Agnostic Apatheist (New York, NY) - See all my reviews
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This is one of the only books that explicitly provides a pragmatic approach or algorithm on how to think, in step-by-step fashion. It covers most of the basic topics taught in a logic or critical reasoning course but is much simpler to follow and does not use symbolic notations.
This is an excellent and very practical book! It is much better than Flew's "How to think Straight". I highly recommend "Clear Thinking" to anyone who wants a good introduction to the practice of critical thinking.
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In the introduction to "Clear Thinking", the author mentions that the reason this book was written was because an acquaintance sought a book that would introduce his gifted middle school students to logic but could not find one. This book was written to fill that niche.
"Clear Thinking" is best for its intended audience: gifted youngsters. If you are over the age of 20 and have merely a backyard familiarity with logic, pass on this book. It will not challenge you. Consider this a review of the book as intended for smart kids. If I were to review it as intended for more mature audiences, I would give it 1.5 stars if said audience had no better than a high-school diploma. Okay. So this is for smart kids. Is it any good? Well, it's okay. The writing is very pedestrian, and the author (though he may have noble intentions) fails to arouse the reader's mind. Logic and reasoning are VERY interesting subjects, but the rhetoric, syntax, and diction the author employs convey otherwise. This book would have benefited from an author with a sense of humor. If you're writing for kids, try to be a little funny; this helps maintain the child's attention. Instead, the only deviation from descriptive writing (i.e., Knowledge is based on the human senses) is the occasional moralizing (i.e., Closed minds are bad). Not to mention, this book is from 1990. The examples are a little outdated (No, seriously, this guy attacks ASTROLOGY. Does ANYone still think astrology needs to be refuted?). In addition, the texture of the pages is fairly dull and unpleasant; nonfiction books MUST have soft glossy pages nowadays. I urge educators who want to explicitly introduce their kids to logic to look elsewhere. Scientific thinking continues to make headway into popular culture, so I'm guessing that better books have been written since.
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United States, New York, Albert Sarney, Three Mile Island, Soviet Union, Arnold Lobel, Questions Begins, Irving Lazarus, Nancy Reagan, Willie Jones, South Africa, Theory of Relativity, Literary Digest, Southern Hemisphere, The Big Picture, The Nature of Prejudice, Alice Wengrow, Civil War, Consumer Reports, Eastern Europe, Garden City, Jim Marshall, Rob Robbins, Sam Dropleaf, The Book of Practical Astrology New!
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The sergeant at the nuclear missile base in the Arctic looked at the radar screen intently, then called to his captain in a quiet but tense voice. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, New York, Albert Sarney, Three Mile Island, Soviet Union, Arnold Lobel, Questions Begins, Irving Lazarus, Nancy Reagan, Willie Jones, South Africa, Theory of Relativity, Literary Digest, Southern Hemisphere, The Big Picture, The Nature of Prejudice, Alice Wengrow, Civil War, Consumer Reports, Eastern Europe, Garden City, Jim Marshall, Rob Robbins, Sam Dropleaf, The Book of Practical Astrology New!
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- The Theory of Relativity: & Other Essays by Albert Einstein on page 39, page 56, and page 73
- My Turn: The Memoirs of Nancy Reagan by Nancy Reagan on page 136, and page 157
- Worlds in collision by Immanuel Velikovsky on page 123, and page 132
- The Nature of Prejudice: 25th Anniversary Edition by Gordon W. Allport on page 178, and page 191
- Book of Practical Astrology by Mario Paltrinieri on page 157
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