Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Browne, M. Neil,(date sking the right questions: a guide to critical thinking /M. Neil Browne, Stuart Includes index ISBN 0-13-2203049 1. Criticism. 2. Critical thinking. L. Keeley, Stuart M, 1941 Il. Title PN83.B7852007 808dc22 2005032905 Editorial Director: Leah Jewell Cover Design: Bruce Kenselaar Senior Acquisitions Editor: Brad Potthoff Cover Illustration /Photo: Jan Tove Johansson/ Editorial Assistant: Tara Culliney Taxi/ Getty Image Senior Marketing Manager: windley morley anager, Cover Visual Research Permissions Marketing Assistant: Kara Pottle Karen sanatar Assistant Manufacturing Manage ann Composition/ Full- Service Project Management: owmya Balaraman/Integra Software Services Printer/Binder: R.R. Donnelley and Sons Art Director: Jayne Conte Credits and acknowledgments borrowed from other sources and reproduced, with permission, in this textbook appear on appropriate page within text. This book was set in 10/13 New Baskerville by Integra Software Services and was printed by R.R. Donnelley and Copyright 2007, 2004, 2001, 1998, 1994 by Pearson Education, Inc, Upper Saddle River, 07458. Prentice Hall. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. This publication is protected by Copyright and permission should be obtained from the publisher prior to any prohibited reproduction, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission ny form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or likewise For information regarding permission(s), write to: Rights and Permissions Departmen Pearson Prentice HallTM is a trademark of Pearson Education,, Inc Pearson is a registered trademark of Pear Prentice Hall is a registered trademark of Pearson Education, Inc. Pearson Education Ltd Pearson Education North Asia Ltd Pearson educ apore, Pte. Ltd earson Educacion de mexico. S.A. de C.v. Pearson ed ada Ltd Pearson Education Malaysia, Pte. Ltd Pearson educ Pearson Education, Upper Saddle River, alia ptY. Limited PEARSON Prentice ISBN口-]3-2己0304Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data 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 Credits and acknowledgments borrowed from other sources and reproduced, with permission, in this textbook appear on appropriate page within text. This book was set in 10/13 New Baskerville by Integra Software Services and was printed by R.R. Donnelley and Sons. Copyright © 2007, 2004, 2001, 1998, 1994 by Pearson Education, Inc., Upper Saddle River, New Jersey 07458. Pearson Prentice Hall. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. This publication is protected by Copyright and permission should be obtained from the publisher prior to any prohibited reproduction, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or likewise. For information regarding permission (s), write to: Rights and Permissions Department. Pearson Prentice Hall™ is a trademark of Pearson Education, Inc. Pearson® is a registered trademark of Pearson pic Prentice Hall® is a registered trademark of Pearson Education, Inc. Pearson Education Ltd Pearson Education Singapore, Pte. Ltd Pearson Education Canada, Ltd Pearson Education—Japan Pearson Education Australia PTY, Limited Pearson Education North Asia Ltd Pearson Educaciôn de Mexico, SA. de C.V. Pearson Education Malaysia, Pte. Ltd Pearson Education, Upper Saddle River, New Jersey PEARSON Prentice Hall 10 98765432 1 ISBN D-13-2ED3DM- T