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How Jokes Can Help You Think
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Artikel-Nr:
9781444356205
Veröffentl:
2011
Einband:
E-Book
Seiten:
144
Autor:
John Capps
eBook Typ:
EPUB
eBook Format:
Reflowable E-Book
Kopierschutz:
Adobe DRM [Hard-DRM]
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
You've Got to Be Kidding!: How Jokes Can Help You Think is a thoughtful and accessible analysis of the ways in which jokes illustrate how we think critically, and how the thinking process goes awry in everyday human situations. Uses jokes to illustrate the various mistakes or fallacies that are typically identified and discussed in courses on critical reasoning Provides an effective way to learn critical thinking skills since jokes often describe real-life situations where it really matters whether a person thinks well or not Demonstrates how philosophy is actually very practical and clearly related to real- life human experiences Explains how developing good reasoning habits can make a real difference in all aspects of one's life
You've Got to Be Kidding!: How Jokes Can Help You Think is a thoughtful and accessible analysis of the ways in which jokes illustrate how we think critically, and how the thinking process goes awry in everyday human situations.* Uses jokes to illustrate the various mistakes or fallacies that are typically identified and discussed in courses on critical reasoning* Provides an effective way to learn critical thinking skills since jokes often describe real-life situations where it really matters whether a person thinks well or not* Demonstrates how philosophy is actually very practical and clearly related to real- life human experiences* Explains how developing good reasoning habits can make a real difference in all aspects of one's life
Preface ixAcknowledgements xiii1 Why Thinking Critically Is Important 12 Fallacies of Relevance 133 Fallacies of Evidence 454 Fallacies of Assumption 805 Critical Thinking and Objective Truth 97References 116Index 119