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Asking the Right Questions: A Guide to Critical Thinking, 7/E
M. Neil Browne, Ph.D., Bowling Green State University
Stuart M. Keeley, Bowling Green State University

ISBN-10: 0131829939
ISBN-13: 9780131829930

Publisher: Allyn & Bacon
Copyright: 2004
Format: Paper; 224 pp
Published: 05/28/2003

This item has been replaced by Asking the Right Questions, 9/E.

For all level Critical Thinking, Argumentative Writing, and Informal Logic courses.

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 - A step-by-step approach to learning—Introduces a particular critical thinking learning skill in each chapter, and adds to the list of accumulated skills with each subsequent chapter.
- Reminds students that each skill is but one part of a critical and constructive process—a process that will serve them as the most rewarding pathway to finding better arguments.

NEW - Companion web site—Features a positive model essay of critical thinking; and regularly edited practice passages of varying size.
- Provides students with multiple, diverse practice opportunities, and an even more realistic illustration of critical analysis than found in the book's final chapter.

NEW - Completely rewritten chapter n fallacies.
- Gives students a much clearer understanding of this material.

A focus on question-asking skills.
- Teaches students to develop their critical-thinking abilities by not always accepting what they hear as truth.

Broad understanding of different types of evidence.
- Explores the criteria for rational conversation and the quality of reasoning.

Analysis of biases.
- Familiarizes students with preconceived ideas that hinder critical thinking.

Caution Boxes.
- Alert students to common misunderstandings that interfere with the effective use of an idea or skills.

Use of graphics and cartoons.
- Enlivens the presentation and helps clarify complex or significant points.

A step-by-step approach to learning—Introduces a particular critical thinking learning skill in each chapter, and adds to the list of accumulated skills with each subsequent chapter.
- Reminds students that each skill is but one part of a critical and constructive process—a process that will serve them as the most rewarding pathway to finding better arguments.

Companion web site—Features a positive model essay of critical thinking; and regularly edited practice passages of varying size.
- Provides students with multiple, diverse practice opportunities, and an even more realistic illustration of critical analysis than found in the book's final chapter.

Completely rewritten chapter n fallacies.
- Gives students a much clearer understanding of this material.

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, Personal Experience, Testimonials, and Appeals to Authority?

9. How Good Is the Evidence: Personal Observation, Research Studies, Case Examples, 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.

Argument (Composition)
First-Year Composition - Rhetoric (Composition)
Informal Logic (Philosophy)
Critical Thinking (Philosophy)

Asking the Right Questions, 9/E
Browne & Keeley
©2010 | Allyn & Bacon | Paper; 192 pp | Instock
ISBN-10: 0205506682 | ISBN-13: 9780205506682
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For courses in critical thinking and argument, and in any course requiring critical thinking skills.

The definitive and concise guide to thinking critically.

Used in a variety of courses in various disciplines, Asking the Right Questions helps students bridge the gap between simply memorizing or blindly accepting information, and the greater challenge of critical analysis and synthesis. Specifically, this concise text teaches students to think critically by exploring the components of arguments--issues, conclusions, reasons, evidence, assumptions, language--and on how to spot fallacies and manipulations and obstacles to critical thinking. 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.
Asking the Right Questions: A Guide to Critical Thinking, 8/E
Browne & Keeley
©2007 | Allyn & Bacon | Paper; 240 pp | Instock
ISBN-10: 0132203049 | ISBN-13: 9780132203043
Brief Description

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.

Backcover Copy

Prentice Hall is proud to bring you the seventh edition of this highly successful critical thinking guide. In addition to the revisions in the text, we have thoroughly revised the Companion Website^™ at www.prenhall.com/browne. This free resource for students now includes:

Getting Started passages. These exercises will consist of 1 to 2 sentence arguments for early chapters, moving to longer passages as the chapters progress. This is to help the student practice his or her argument skills.

Web Destinations. The site will include content specific links for each chapter, giving students the opportunity to do research and discover more information on the concepts presented in the text.

Frequently Asked Questions for each chapter. This resource will provide a list of common questions and answers about the material covered in the text.

Model Student Papers. This Website will provide model papers so students can view the elements of a good argument paper, how it's written, its appearance, and its purpose.

Companion Website - Browne, 7/E
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©2004 | Allyn & Bacon | On-line Supplement; 0 pp | Instock
ISBN-10: 0131829947 | ISBN-13: 9780131829947
URL: http://www.prenhall.com/browne

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©2004 | Allyn & Bacon | On-line Supplement; 0 pp | Instock
ISBN-10: 0131829947 | ISBN-13: 9780131829947
URL: http://www.prenhall.com/browne

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