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Need to know

Book Review
Critical Thinking is
very crucial and
important. Every-
Becoming based on some bias
one’s belief system is
and the perceptions
they have. One has to
be very careful while
A Critical what they see or read.
it comes to believing

In the post-truth era,
this book will really
help the readers to
Thinker standing of things.
have a better under-

T his book comes handy when we talk about the things Why does an individual preserve or perpetuate a false

that really matter for our young readers. We are
belief? It is always easy to judge people by saying that
living in a world filled with loads of information. And
AI is making it difficult for the receivers to identify s/he is biased, but how do we know if we are biased? As
earlier we are living in a world filled with information, in
and has verify if the information be it written, audio other words we are living in a post-truth era! Which
or visual is correct or not. makes critical thinking more relevant.

This book has 12 chapters. It provides a variety of Chapter 3: Overcoming Barriers- Problems
activities to develop critical mindset. Our students with Perception
often select their streams after class 12, whichever Seeing things in one way is okay but thinking that
subject they study; this book will equip them with the only this is the only way makes it a challenge. This
tools to become an effective critical thinker. chapter talks about epistemology and perception.
What is scepticism about knowledge?
Chapter 1: Why Critical Thinking Matters:
Research, Knowledge and epistemology Having perception is okay but what are the problems
This chapter begins with why critical thinking with perception? This chapter helps the readers to
matters? What is the importance of critical thinking understand the bent stick or the necker cube-
and what is the critical thinking process? What is inside/outside phenomena. Our perspective matters:
research and the process of research? It also talks how perceptions influence our beliefs? Knowing how
about knowledge and what knowledge claims and our beliefs can influence our perceptions is import-
statements are. What is justification and what counts ant. We observe many things, how can we make it a
as proof or evidence when it comes to knowledge? At tool so that our observations will become more
the same time it sheds light on knowledge reliable.
and epistemology as well.
Chapter 4: Knowledge Claims- Recognising
Chapter 2: Overcoming Barriers- Cognitive and Writing an Argument
Biases This chapter talks about knowledge claims and
The human race grows with some biases. Every justification, why and when to use an argument?
culture has its own set of biases. This chapter talks What is an argument? What is persuasive writing and
about, how do we know that “something” is true or identifying an argument? When we hear someone
false. What constitutes the barriers to knowledge- saying something, is it an explanation or argument?
false beliefs, fake news and personal bias. What is How to differentiate between these two? What is
cognitive bias and how we have a belief preservation. argument structure and argument mapping?

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