This book is a summary and guide to the art of reasoning in economics and in everyday life, from one of the foremost authors and researchers in the field of critical thinking. Critical thinking is evaluating whether we should be convinced that some claim is true or some argument is good, as well as formulating good arguments. This book is meant to help students learn the basic skills of critical thinking and apply them to the basic study of economics.

The Guide to Critical Thinking in Economics

Business & Money

Epstein, Richard L.

Kernberger, Carolyn

Economics

South-Western Pub.

Critical thinking isn't as easy as it sounds. CRITICAL THINKING shows you how decision-making errors are made, and how to avoid them. By combining simple explanations with time-tested theories, CRITICAL THINKING helps you meet the challenges of life head-on. And because it includes over one thousand examples drawn from everyday life and tons of study tools, this textbook helps you get the grade you need.

Critical Thinking

Politics & Social Sciences

Philosophy

Wadsworth Pub. Co.

A summary and guide to the art of reasoning well, this small book is a great aid to reasoning in daily life. Using everyday examples that relate to everyone's experiences, and with an extraordinary clarity of presentation, this Pocket Guide allows the reader to learn all the basic skills of how to reason well in a short, useful introduction. It is also the basic text for how to think clearly enough to write well. The Pocket Guide to Critical Thinking is a perfect supplement for any course, for self-study, or as a reference when writing.

The Pocket Guide to Critical Thinking, 3rd edition

Advanced Reasoning Forum

Clear. Concise. The Guide to Critical Thinking in Economics is a summary and guide to the art of reasoning well in economics and in everyday life. • Basic Skills of Critical Thinking The text provides a clear-introduction to claims, arguments, analogies, models, experiments, generalizing, and cause and effect reasoning using examples geared to economics students. • Mastering Basic Skills Hundreds of examples are included, three-fourths of which are derived from real-life economics applications or are adapted from economics textbooks and journals. • Economic Modeling This unique section explores the way models are created in economics. By looking at the process of creating models, students learn how abstraction from data benefits economic analysis. • Self-Paced Presentation The text is designed to be used by students without taking class time away from economics studies. Richard L. Epstein received his Ph.D. in Mathematics from the University of California, Berkeley and has written numerous books on logic, critical thinking, and mathematics. He has been a National Academy of Sciences Scholar and a Fulbright Fellow and is currently head of the Advanced Reasoning Forum. Carolyn Kernberger received her B.G.S. cum laude from New Mexico Tech and her M.A. in Teaching English as a Second Language at the University of New Mexico. She has taught in the United States, Japan, and at the College of Micronesia FSM, where she was also the Accreditation Officer.

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The Guide to Critical Thinking in Economics

Critical Thinking

The Pocket Guide to Critical Thinking, 3rd edition

The Guide to Critical Thinking in Economics