Professional Documents
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Domain of Thought
Author(s): Linda Elder and Richard Paul
Source: Journal of Developmental Education , SPRING 2013, Vol. 36, No. 3 (SPRING
2013), pp. 34-35
Published by: National Center for Developmental Education, Appalachian State
University
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(see Figure 2). And we call attention to the forces that undermine their use
in everyday human life and human reasoning.
f ' How could we check on that?
Precision:
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we need to consider another point of view?
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relating to the matter at hand
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Note : Reprinted with permission from Elder, L., & Paul, R. (2012). The Note
Thinker s guide to analytic thinking (p. 8). Tomales, CA: Foundation for Thin
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