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CONTENTS

The final book has been revised throughout and will contain the following chapters:

Introduction

Glossary

Acknowledgements

What is Critical Thinking?

How Well Do You Think? Develop Your Thinking Skills

What’s Their Point? Identifying Arguments

Is it an Argument? Argument and Non-Argument

How Well Do They Say It? Clarity, Consistency and Structure

Reading Between the Lines: Recognising Underlying Assumptions and Implicit Arguments

Does it Add Up? Identifying Flaws in the Argument

Where’s the Proof? Finding and Evaluating

Sources of Evidence

Critical Reading and Note-Making: Critical Selection, Interpretation and Noting of Source Material

Critical, Analytical Writing: Critical Thinking When Writing

Where’s the Analysis? Evaluating Critical Writing

Critical Reflection

Texts for Activities

Practice Activities on Longer Texts

Appendix

Bibliography

Index

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