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Smart Thinking: Skills for Critical Understanding and Writing (2ed) is a practical step-by-step guide to improving skills in analysis, critical thinking, and the effective communication of arguments and explanations The book combines an accessible and straightforward style, with a strong foundation of knowledge The text treats reasoning as an aspect of communication, not an abstract exercise in logic The book not only provides detailed advice on how to practiseanalytical skills, but also demonstrates how these skills can be used in research and writing In particular, it emphasises how to develop arguments that are coherent and that take account of their audience and contextThis second edition is a practical step-by-step guide to improving skills in analysis, critical thinking, and the effective communication of arguments and explanations The text treats reasoning as an aspect of communication and emphasises how to develop arguments that are coherent and that take account of their audience and contextPD Not a guarantee per-se, at least the author (Matthew Allen) has a PhD