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used for your topic. Like most
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topic to find resources more relevant to your research. The general "Critical Thinking" heading is a good way to begin your search. As you review the titles found, take a look at the additional subject headings assigned to these titles (found on the screen page that will give you author, publisher and other information on that specific title). These additional subjects or subject headings, whether they be for a book, article or other type of resource, can help you find more "like" resources. Perhaps you are interested in finding resources on developing critical thinking skills in specific fields of study such as chemistry, business, psychology ... subject headings are a good tool for helping you narrow your search.
The Art of thinking: a guide to critical and creative thought by
Accessible and engaging, this unique text offers concrete, practice strategies for critical and creative thinking and includes many opportunities for practicing these fundamental skills. The Art of Thinkingintroduces students to the principles and techniques of critical thinking, taking them step-by-step through the problem-solving process. Emphasizing creative and active thought processes, the author asserts that good thinking and problem-solving is based on learnable strategies. The book's four parts, “Be Aware,” “Be Creative,” “Be Critical,” and “Communicate Your Ideas,” present students with a process for solving problems and resolving controversial issues. Discussions of how to evaluate ideas and how to question long-held assumptions or biases help students look at concepts critically. This text can be used in freshman experience courses, freshman composition courses, and a wide array of other courses where instructors want to enhance students' critical thinking skills.
Asking the right questions : a guide to critical thinking by 
Attacking faulty reasoning : a practical guide to fallacy-free arguments by 
Believing bullshit: how not to get sucked into the intellectual black hole by
Wacky and ridiculous belief systems abound. Members of the Heaven’s Gate suicide cult believed they were taking a ride to heaven on board a UFO. Muslim suicide bombers expect to be greeted after death by 72 heavenly virgins. And many fundamentalist Christians insist the entire universe is just 6,000 years old. Of course it’s not only cults and religions that promote bizarre beliefs. Significant numbers of people believe that aliens built the pyramids, that the Holocaust never happened, and that the World Trade Center was brought down by the US government. How do such ridiculous views succeed in entrenching themselves in the minds of sane, intelligent, college-educated people and turn them into the willing slaves of claptrap? How, in particular, do the true believers manage to convince themselves that they are the rational, reasonable ones and that everyone else is deluded? This book identifies eight key mechanisms that can transform a set of ideas into a psychological flytrap. The author suggests that, like the black holes of outer space, from which nothing, not even light, can escape, our contemporary cultural landscape contains numerous intellectual black-holes—belief systems constructed in such a way that unwary passers-by can similarly find themselves drawn in. While such self-sealing bubbles of belief will most easily trap the gullible or poorly educated, even the most intelligent and educated of us are potentially vulnerable. Some of the world’s greatest thinkers have fallen in, never to escape. This witty, insightful critique will help immunize readers against the wiles of cultists, religious and political zealots, conspiracy theorists, promoters of flaky alternative medicines, and various other nutcases by clearly setting out the tricks of the trade by which such insidious belief systems are created and maintained.
Beyond feelings : a guide to critical thinking by 
The Confident student by 
Critical thinking : learn the tools the best thinkers use by 
Critical thinking, science, and pseudoscience : why we can't trust our brains by 
Don't be such a scientist : talking substance in an age of style by 
Fake News and Alternative Facts by
Talk of fake news and the need for critical thinking skills have been in heavy rotation in the media in recent months, with new calls for the public to acquire appropriate research and evaluation skills and become more information savvy. However, none of this is new for librarians and information professionals, particularly for those who teach information literacy classes! A recent Stanford Graduate School of Education study found that most students, middle school through college, struggled to distinguish between credible and unreliable news articles. With this renewed interest, librarians have brand new opportunities to impart these skills to patrons.In Identifying Fake News, readers will* Learn more about the rise of fake news, particularly those information behaviors that perpetuate its spread;* Learn ways to identify fake news;* Explore methods to help library patrons identify fake news.
Hoaxes, myths, and manias : why we need critical thinking by 
How to become a really good pain in the ass: a critical thinker's guide to asking the right questions by
What can I know? What am I? Why am I here? How should I behave? What is to come of me? The way you answer these questions will tell you a lot about yourself. And if you ask others these questions, their answers will tell you a good deal about them, how they think, and what they value. Of course, if you persist in asking these questions, others may think you’ve become a really good pain in the ass. According to the author, you shouldn’t be insulted by such a reaction, but treat it as a mark of distinction. For it means you’ve learned to think critically. In this witty, incisive guide to critical thinking the author provides you with the tools to allow you to question beliefs and assumptions held by those who claim to know what they’re talking about. These days there are many people whom we need to question: politicians, lawyers, doctors, teachers, clergy members, bankers, car salesmen, and your boss. This book will empower you with the ability to spot faulty reasoning and, by asking the right sorts of questions, hold people accountable not only for what they believe but how they behave. By using this book you’ll learn to analyze your own thoughts, ideas, and beliefs, and why you act on them (or don’t). This, in turn, will help you to understand why others might hold opposing views. And the best way to change our own or others’ behavior or attitudes is to gain greater clarity about underlying motives and thought processes. In a media-driven world of talking heads, gurus, urban legends, and hype, learning to think more clearly and critically, and helping others to do the same, is one of the most important things you can do.
How we know what isn't so : the fallibility of human reason in everyday life by 
The Idea of a university by 
The Informed argument by 
Learning to think things through : a guide to critical thinking across the curriculum by 
LikeWar: the weaponization of social media by
Named a Best Book of the Year By Amazon and Foreign Affairs Magazine Through the weaponization of social media, the internet is changing war and politics, just as war and politics are changing the internet. Terrorists livestream their attacks, "Twitter wars" produce real‑world casualties, and viral misinformation alters not just the result of battles, but the very fate of nations. War, tech, and politics have blurred into a new kind of battle space that plays out on our smartphones. P. W. Singer and Emerson Brooking tackle the mind‑bending questions that arise when war goes online and the online world goes to war. Delving into the web's darkest corners, LikeWar outlines a radical new paradigm for understanding and defending against the unprecedented threats of our networked world.
The Power of critical thinking : effective reasoning about ordinary and extraordinary claims by 
The Power of logical thinking : easy lessons in the art of reasoning-- and hard facts about its absence in our lives by 
A Practical guide to critical thinking : deciding what to do and believe by 
Propaganda & misinformation by 
Puzzle-based Learning : Introduction to Critical Thinking, Mathematics, and Problem Solving by 
Religion As Critique: Islamic critical thinking from Mecca to the marketplace by
Irfan Ahmad makes the far-reaching argument that potent systems and modes for self-critique as well as critique of others are inherent in Islam--indeed, critique is integral to its fundamental tenets and practices. Challenging common views of Islam as hostile to critical thinking, Ahmad delineates thriving traditions of critique in Islamic culture, focusing in large part on South Asian traditions. Ahmad interrogates Greek and Enlightenment notions of reason and critique, and he notes how they are invoked in relation to "others," including Muslims. Drafting an alternative genealogy of critique in Islam, Ahmad reads religious teachings and texts, drawing on sources in Hindi, Urdu, Farsi, and English, and demonstrates how they serve as expressions of critique. Throughout, he depicts Islam as an agent, not an object, of critique. On a broader level, Ahmad expands the idea of critique itself. Drawing on his fieldwork among marketplace hawkers in Delhi and Aligarh, he construes critique anthropologically as a sociocultural activity in the everyday lives of ordinary Muslims, beyond the world of intellectuals. Religion as Critique allows space for new theoretical considerations of modernity and change, taking on such salient issues as nationhood, women's equality, the state, culture, democracy, and secularism.
Science under siege : defending science, exposing pseudoscience by 
Seeing around corners : how creative people think by 
Think to win : the power of logic in everyday life by 
The Thinker's guide to analytic thinking : how to take thinking apart and what to look for when you do : the elements of thinking and the standards they must meet by 
Thinking : the foundation of critical and creative learning in the classroom by 
Thinking strategically : the competitive edge in business, politics, and everyday life by 
Thinking-based learning : promoting quality student achievement in the 21st century by 
