AskingtheRightQuestions_AGuidetoCritical.epub

Asking the right questions : a guide to critical thinking / M. Neil Browne, Stuart M. Keeley, Bowling Green State University.—ELEVENTH EDITION. pages cm Includes index. ISBN-13: 978-0-321-90795-0 ISBN-10: 0-321-90795-7 1. Criticism. 2. Critical thinking. I. Keeley, Stuart M., II. Title. PN83.B785 2013 808—dc23 2013038391 Student Edition ISBN-13: 978-0-321-90795-0 ISBN-10: 0-321-90795-7 Exam Copy ISBN-13: 978-0-321-90804-9 Critical Thinking 14 The Discomfort of Asking the Right Questions 14 Thinking Too Quickly 15 Stereotypes 15 Mental Habits That Betray Us 16 Halo Effect 16 Belief Perseverance 17 Availability Heuristic 18 Answering the Wrong Question 18 Egocentrism 19 Wishful Thinking: Perhaps the Biggest Single Speed Bump on the Road to Critical Thinking 20 v vi Contents Chapter 3 What Are the Issue and the Conclusion? 23 Kinds of Issues 24 Searching for the Issue 25 Searching for the Author’s or Speaker’s Conclusion 26 Using This Critical Question 27 Clues to Discovery: How to Find the Conclusion 27 ......