Book summary of Critical Thinking - Moore & Parker - 13th edition
- Why is critical thinking important? - Chapter 1
- What two ways of reasoning are there? - Chapter 2
- How do you write a good text? - Chapter 3
- When is something credible? - Chapter 4
- How does persuasion work? - Chapter 5
- How does relevance work? - Chapter 6
- What are inductive thinking errors? - Chapter 7
- What formal errors of thought are there? - Chapter 8
- Which deductive arguments are there? - Chapter 9
- What other deductive arguments are there? - Chapter 10
- What is Inductive Reasoning? - Chapter 11
- What is the moral, legal, and ethical reasoning? - Chapter 12
Why is critical thinking important? - Chapter 1
It is important for people to think critically so that they can make good choices. People often don't realize how irrational some of the decisions they make are. Critical thinking is thinking that criticizes. Critical thinking is to evaluate something against a certain standard. One of the most important things anyone can criticize is reasoning. Reasoning comes into play when people:
- Form an opinion.
- Make a judgment.
- Come to a decision.
- Develop plans.
- Propose hypotheses, etc.
Logic is used to determine whether a statement is true, whether the reasoning is correct, and whether we can draw a connection. In this case, it is not about making up statements, but about evaluating (the correctness of) statements that have been made in order to ultimately form the correct conclusions.
To achieve
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