This text meets the requirements of the OCR AS specification for critical thinking. Alec Fisher shows students how they can develop a range of creative and critical thinking skills that are transferable to other subjects and contexts.

Critical thinking: what it is and how it can be improved -- Identifying reasons and conclusions: the language of reasoning -- Understanding reasoning: different patterns of reasoning -- Understanding reasoning: assumptions, context and a thinking map -- Clarifying and interpreting expressions and ideas -- The acceptability of reasons, including their credibility -- Judging the credibility of sources skilfully -- Evaluating inferences: deductive validity and other grounds -- Evaluating inferences: assumptions and other relevant arguments -- Reasoning about causal explanations -- Decision-making: options, consequences, values and risks -- How to get reliable information from the internet (critical thinking about the internet).