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Taleff, Michael J.

Critical thinking for addiction professionals [electronic resource] / Michael J. Taleff. - New York, NY : Springer Pub. Co., c2006. - xiii, 160 p. : ill.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 143-150) and index.

The world of critical thinking -- Critical thinking: an overview of key elements -- Poor thinking: from the individual to the field -- Time for a little test -- Critical thinking: the basics -- What drives bad thinking? -- A crash course in fallacies -- Fallacies that appeal to authority and irrelevant fallacies -- Causal fallacies and weak inductions -- Fallacies that presume a conclusion before it is proven and classification fallacies -- Fallacies caused by perception problems and fallacies of manner and style -- The ethics of using critical thinking -- What price critical thinking?.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: DNLM

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Clinical psychology--Decision making.
Counseling--Decision making.
Decision making.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: RC457 / .T35 2006

Dewey Class. No.: 616.89