Smart thinking: Skills for critical understanding and writing, Second Edition - Re-issue
Book Details
Author(s)Matthew Allen
PublisherOxford University Press
ISBN / ASIN0195524055
ISBN-139780195524055
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Sales Rank2,106,625
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
Description
Smart Thinking: Skills for Critical Understanding and Writing 2e is a practical, step-by-step guide to improving skills in analysis, critical thinking, and the effective communication of arguments and explanations. The book combines an accessible and straightforward style, with a strong foundation of knowledge. The text treats reasoning as an aspect of communication, not an abstract exercise in logic. The book not only provides detailed advice on how to practice better analytical skills, but also demonstrates how these skills can be used in research and writing. In particular, it emphases how to develop arguments that are coherent and that take account of their audience and context.



