Thinking Critically helps students become sophisticated thinkers by teaching the fundamental cognitive process that allows them to develop the higher-order thinking abilities needed for academic study and career success. The text compels students to use their intellect to think critically about subjects drawn from academic disciplines, contemporary issues, and their life experiences. The text begins with basic skills related to personal experience and then carefully progresses to the more sophisticated reasoning skills required for abstract, academic contexts. Each chapter provides an overview of an aspect of critical thinking, such as problem-solving, perception, and the nature of beliefs. Thinking Activities, thematic boxes, and writing assignments encourage active participation and prompt students to critically examine others’ thinking, as well as their own. Thought-provoking and current readings from a wide variety of thinkers get students to think about complex issues from different perspectives. Each chapter ends with self-assessment activities that help students monitor their own progress as critical thinkers.
New to this Edition
- New “Evaluating Your Thinking Abilities” Assessments help students monitor their own progress. Self-assessment ratings at the end of each chapter provide an ongoing opportunity for students to evaluate their critical and creative thinking abilities, as well as how thoughtful and enlightened their choices are. Strategies are then shared that students can methodically apply to improve their thinking abilities and, thus, their lives.
- Twenty new readings increase the emphasis on important social issues. Topics include the Casey Anthony trial, gun control and school shootings, climate change, genetically modified foods, and the changing notion of what constitutes a family. These provocative readings are from noteworthy authors and journalists, including Marcia Clark; Alan M. Dershowitz; Mary Kate Burke, Jessica Hopper, Enjoli Francis, and Lauren Effron; Ted Anthony; Dan Baum; Wayne La Pierre; Jeff McMahan; Lisa Wade; Ken Caldeira; Patrick J. Buchanan; Tyler Hamilton; Malcolm Gladwell; Kate Rice; Bob Morris; Lisa Belkin; John Berman; Joel Kotkin; Melissa Diane Smith; and the editors of SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN.
- A casebook approach to readings reveals multiple perspectives on the important events of the day and enriches students’ understanding of the larger context of each issue. For easy reference, all the readings in the book are now listed after the detailed table of contents.
- Expanded lists of “Suggested Films” help students explore the chapter’s topics through the medium of film. A description of each of the 60 suggested films helps students and instructors decide which are most interesting and relevant to their current study.
- New photos in “Thinking Critically About Visuals” features and throughout the chapters give students material for critical thinking and evaluation. Each chapter features new photographs in the “Thinking Critically About Visuals” boxes and elsewhere. These 28 new photographs, along with the many others in the book, challenge students to think critically about the role of images in viewers’ perceptions and about their own responses to them.
About the Author
John Chaffee, Ph.D., is a professor of philosophy at The City University of New York, where he has developed a Philosophy and Critical Thinking program that annually involves 25 faculty and 3,000 students. He is a nationally recognized figure in the area of critical thinking, having authored leading textbooks and many professional articles. He also has conducted numerous conference presentations and workshops throughout the country. In developing programs to teach people to think more effectively in all academic subjects and areas of life, he has received grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Ford Foundation, the Annenberg Foundation, and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. He was selected as New York Educator of the Year and received the Distinguished Faculty Award for Diversity in Teaching in Higher Education.
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