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- English
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About this book
Across disciplines, critical thinking is praised, taught, and put into practice. But what does it actually mean to think critically? In this brief volume, sociologist Joel Best examines how to evaluate arguments and the evidence used to support them as he hones in on how to think in the field of sociology and beyond.
With inimitable style that melds ethnographic verve with dry humor, Best examines the ways in which sociologists engage in fuzzy thinking through bias, faddish cultural waves, spurious reasoning, and implicit bias. The short chapters cover:
With inimitable style that melds ethnographic verve with dry humor, Best examines the ways in which sociologists engage in fuzzy thinking through bias, faddish cultural waves, spurious reasoning, and implicit bias. The short chapters cover:
- A general introduction to critical thinking and logic in the social sciences
- Sociology as an enterprise
- Key issues in thinking critically about sociological research
- Challenging questions that confront sociologists and a call for the discipline to meet those challenges.
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Table of contents
- Subvention
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- 1. What Is Critical Thinking?
- 2. The Basics: Arguments and Assumptions
- 3. Everyday Arguments
- 4. The Logic of Social Science
- 5. Authority and Social Science Arguments
- 6. Sociology as a Social World
- 7. Orientations
- 8. Words
- 9. Questions and Measurements
- 10. Variables and Comparison
- 11. Tendencies
- 12. Evidence
- 13. Echo Chambers
- 14. Tough Topics
- Afterword: Why Critical Thinking Is Important
- Notes
- References
- Index