Contenuti

Introduction
How to Use This Book
Section 1: Problem Solving
1. What do we mean by a 'problem'?
2. Selecting and using information
3. Processing data
4. Working with models
5. Solving problems by searching
6. Finding methods of solution
7. Trends in data
8. Transforming data
9. Summarised Data
10. Identifying features of a model
11. Necessary and Sufficient Conditions
12. Changing the scenario of a problem
Section 2: Critical Thinking
13. An introduction to critical thinking
14. Claims, statements, and assertions
15. Assessing claims
16. Grounds, reasons, and evidence
17. Evaluating evidence: a case study
18. Statistical evidence
19. Uses of evidence: inference and explanation
20. Identifying argument
21. Analysing argument
22. Interpretation
23. Assumptions
24. Evaluating argument
25. Applying logic
26. Longer texts
27. Multiple sources
Glossary
Index
Acknowledgements.

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