TY - BOOK AU - Van Den Brink-Budgen, Roy TI - Critical thinking for students: : how to assess arguments and effectively present your own SN - 9781845283865 PY - 2010/// CY - Oxford PB - How To Books KW - Critical thinking KW - Reasoning KW - Debates and debating KW - Logic KW - Thought and thinking N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; 1. : Giving Claims A Significance -- 2. : Explanations -- 3. : Inferences -- 4. : Assumptions -- 5. : More Building Up Of Arguments -- 6. : Evaluation Of Arguments: Looking At Evidence -- 7. : Evaluation Of Arguments: Weaknesses In Reasoning -- 8. : Analogies, Hypotheses, Definitions And Principles -- 9. : Credibility Of Evidence -- 10. : Producing Arguments N2 - Critical Thinking is a core skill needed to make all your studies more effective. This totally revised and updated book is a must if you want to find out how to develop your own arguments and evaluate other people's. Specifically, you will need to look at others' assumptions and their use of evidence. Learn too how to spot, and rectify, weaknesses of your own. An indispensable book, especially for students following the OCR AS-level course in Critical Thinking ER -