Thinking critically / John Chaffee, Director, Center for Philosophy and Critical Thinking, City University of New York.

Includes index.

Thinking Thinking critically Solving problems Perceiving and believing Constructing knowledge Language and thought Forming and applying concepts Relating and organizing Thinking critically about moral issues Constructing arguments Reasoning critically Thinking critically, living creatively

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