This mini guide can help you realise what critical thinking is.
Joe Lau
Department of Philosophy
The University of Hong Kong
March 2009
Table of contents
1. Introduction
2. Meaning
3. Definitions
4. Necessary and sufficient conditions
5. Linguistic pitfalls
6. Basic logical concepts
7. Arguments
8. Validity and soundness
9. Patterns of valid arguments
10. Causation
11. Morality
12. Fallacies
13. Going forward