An Introduction To Critical Thinking Madhucchanda Sen by Madhucchanda Sen 9788131734568, 8131734560 instant download after payment.

Description The ability to think clearly and critically is necessary for success in every walk of life and is especially important for professional success. No doubt then that critical thinking forms an important and vital topic in modern education. An Introduction to Critical Thinking will help students develop their critical thinking faculties and to overcome personal prejudices and biases, the influence of social brainwashing, fears associated with free-thinking and egocentrism?elements that hinder our understanding and evaluation of the world around us and prevent us from taking decisions independently and responsibly. This book introduces critical thinking, discusses the relation between critical thinking and logic, teaches how to evaluate information and arguments, examines inferences and fallacies, and provides strategies to develop skills for thinking, reading and writing critically. Designed specifically for undergraduate students, this book has the student-friendly features like key points and intermediate thinking through exercises after each section, and plenty of exercises at the end of all chapters.

What Is Critical Thinking? Critical Thinking and Logic Evaluating Arguments: Inferences and Fallacies Information and Its Evaluation Thinking, Reading and Writing Critically Madhucchanda Sen teaches philosophy at Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata. She works in the area of philosophy of mind,philosophy of language and epistemology. She has adapted Stan Baronett's Logic for Indian students and also contributed to Critical Thinking, Academic Writing and Presentation Skills. She has co-edited Knowledge, Truth and Realism?Essays in Philosophical Analysis by Pranab Kumar Sen, Empiricism and the Two Dogmas , and Language and Communication?A Philosophical Study . She is a trustee of Anando Trust, Kolkata.