Critical Thinking: An Introduction to Investigations and Recommendations

Topic outline

• General
  

  General

  • Announcements Forum
  • Critical Thinking Forum
• Introduction
  

  Introduction

  • Foundations of Critical Thinking Page
  • Distinctions Page
  • Paying Attention and Standards Page
  • Topics Page
  • The Natures of Criticism and Thinking Page
  • Charity and Judgement Page
  • Reasons and Inferences Page
  • Foundations Quiz
  • Identifying Arguments Page
  • Formal Logic Page
  • Truth Page
  • Indicating Page
  • Identifying Arguments Quiz
  • Formalising the Informal Page
  • Standards Page
  • Our Formal System Page
  • Lead Questions Page
  • Evidence to Explain Page
  • Rival Answers Page
  • Explanatory Resources Page
  • Formalisation: Detailed Example Page
  • Narrative Judgement Page
  • Introductory Assignment
• Investigations
  

  Investigations

  • Introduction Page
  • General Form Page
  • Explanations Page
  • Principles Page
  • Patterns Page
  • Anomalies Page
  • Expectations Page
  • Systematic and Conditional Anomalies Page
  • Mysteries Page
  • Troubleshooting Page
  • Identifying Failure Page
  • Explanatory Troubleshooting Page
  • Scientific Investigations Page
• Recommendations
  

  Recommendations

  • Introduction Page
  • General Form Page
  • Request for Solution Page
  • Request for Guidance Page
  • Request for Prediction Page
  • Recommendation Examples Page
  • Further Distinctions Between Solutions and Guidance Page
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