Asking the Right Questions

Eighth Edition

Asking the Right Questions

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A Guide to Critical Thinking

M. Neil Browne Stuart M. Keeley

Bowling Green State University

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Browne, M. Neil, (date) Asking the right questions: a guide to critical thinking/M. Neil Browne, Stuart M. Keeley.—8th ed. p. cm. Includes index. ISBN 0-13-220304-9 1. Criticism. 2 . Critical thinking. I. Keeley, Stuart M., 1941 II. Title. PN83.B785 2007 808—dc22 2005032905 Editorial Director: Leah Jewell Senior Acquisitions Editor: Brad Potthoff Editorial Assistant: Tara Culliney Senior Marketing Manager: Windley Morley Marketing Assistant: Kara Pottle Production Liaison: Marianne Peters-Riordan Assistant Manufacturing Manager: Mary Ann Gloriande Art Director: Jayne Conte Cover Design: Bruce Kenselaar Cover Illustration/Photo: Jan Tove Johansson/ Taxi/Getty Images Manager, Cover Visual Research & Permissions: Karen Sanatar Composition/Full-Service Project Management: Sowmya Balaraman/Integra Software Services Printer/Binder: R.R. Donnelley and Sons

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