Some Books on Critical Thinking


	Some Books on Critical Thinking

Djiezes

2-28-2007 10:45 AM

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2-28-2007 3:13 PM

Kore7

Great clip!

3-1-2007 12:58 AM

steelethewolf

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/163e8772-e56d-4d8f-a4e0-96883675f7fe/9B72A45A-4E9F-4089-A636-1012DABBFAF4/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://rtnl.wordpress.com/2007/02/24/critical-thinking-where-to-start/" href="http://rtnl.wordpress.com/2007/02/24/critical-thinking-where-to-start/" style="font-size: 11px;">rtnl.wordpress.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://rtnl.wordpress.com/2007/02/24/critical-thinking-where-to-start/"> “<A href="http://www.philosophy.unimelb.edu.au/reason/papers/Teaching_CT_Lessons.pdf">Teaching Critical Thinking</A>“</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://rtnl.wordpress.com/2007/02/24/critical-thinking-where-to-start/">There are hundreds of books on thinking and how to improve it, ranging from airport junk to turgid academic treatises.  Here is a short list of some of the best, focusing on critical thinking</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://rtnl.wordpress.com/2007/02/24/critical-thinking-where-to-start/">Cialdini, R. B. (1984). Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://rtnl.wordpress.com/2007/02/24/critical-thinking-where-to-start/">Giere, R. N. (1996). Understanding Scientific Reasoning</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://rtnl.wordpress.com/2007/02/24/critical-thinking-where-to-start/">Heuer, R. J. (1999). Psychology of Intelligence Analysis.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://rtnl.wordpress.com/2007/02/24/critical-thinking-where-to-start/">Kepner, C. H., & Tregoe, B. B. (1997). The New Rational Manager</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://rtnl.wordpress.com/2007/02/24/critical-thinking-where-to-start/">Minto, B. (1995). The Pyramid Principle: Logic in Writing and Thinking.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://rtnl.wordpress.com/2007/02/24/critical-thinking-where-to-start/">Myers, D. G. (2002). Intuition: Its Powers and Perils.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://rtnl.wordpress.com/2007/02/24/critical-thinking-where-to-start/">Paul, R. W., & Elder, L. (2002). Critical Thinking: Tools for Taking Charge of Your Professional and Personal Life</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://rtnl.wordpress.com/2007/02/24/critical-thinking-where-to-start/">Piatelli-Palmarini, M. (1994). Inevitable Illusions: How Mistakes of Reason Rule our Minds.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://rtnl.wordpress.com/2007/02/24/critical-thinking-where-to-start/">Salmon, M. (1989). Introduction to Logic and Critical Thinking</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://rtnl.wordpress.com/2007/02/24/critical-thinking-where-to-start/">Spence, G. (1995). How to Argue and Win Every Time</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://rtnl.wordpress.com/2007/02/24/critical-thinking-where-to-start/">Whyte, J. 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