Thinking Critically

First let me point out that one reviewer of this book (from Colorado) suggested that this book be taught to junior high students. I not only agree but I am quite embarrassed that I am a 40 year old male who is finishing up his undergraduate degree. I wish I could have had this material taught to me over twenty years ago. In college, I had no option but to take a course which is titled "Critical Thinking." I did not want to take this course and thought I would hate it. I thought it was going to be like a philosophy logic course. Ugh! I had no idea what to expect. But let me simply describe what I got out of the book. I used to get quite impassioned with heated arguments and would take comments made by my "opponent" personally. And then there were times when I would be in an argument and the person I am arguing with would attack me in a way that would upset me for hours or even days. After reading this book and learning the concepts I am now able to recognize how people "attack the person" instead of the argument because they have no way of attacking the argument. It is false and not a valid argument. This may sound so trite and simple but this was huge for me. Now when I am in a heated discussion I am able to maintain rationality and calm. And if a person attacks me I know exactly why they are doing it and not to take it personally. Adopting the principles in this book was a tremendous benefit and I almost want to categorize this book as a self help book. I feel more empowered in my discussions and am able to demand that people provide me with concrete sound valid information in order to persuade me. I see that this book got some poor reviews. For me it was rather life changing. Out of all my books for college this is the one book that I have kept for myself because I like to review the principles and concepts so that I do not forget them. All of my other college books I sold.

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This is the book I used for my 1st college class in many years.There are tools in here, such as "mind mapping", that I am still using and will continue to use in much of my academic future. Lots of information learned here can easily be applied to work situations as well. Highly recommended.