Art of Questioning An Introduction to Critical Thinking

Dan Flage provides a comprehensive and systematic approach to critical thinking in his text The Art of Questioning. It begins with simple issues at the level of words and concludes with large-scale applications, applying all the skills discussed in this book to reading and writing essays. Throughout, there is a commitment to intellectual rigor and student-friendliness. Each topic begins with relatively simple and straightforward cases and moves systematically to the kinds of messy cases found in ordinary language. Features of The Art Of Questioning: Contains over 1,200 exercises and discussion questions drawn from diverse sources and covering numerous distinct topics Draws examples and exercises from a wide range of fields- both timeless classic and contemporary issues, such as the events of September 11. Includes solutions to the odd-numbered exercises, which gives students immediate feedback on their work. Contains unique chapters on evaluation of essays (Chapter 32) and writing argumentative essays (Chapter 33) that pull together all the individual skills honed in the earlier chapters.Flage, Daniel E. is the author of 'Art of Questioning An Introduction to Critical Thinking', published 2003 under ISBN 9780130936998 and ISBN 0130936995.