It is no exaggeration to say that critical thinking is one of the most important subjects you will study in college regardless of your academic major. The quality of your schoolwork, your efforts in your career, your contribution to your community life, your conduct of your personal affairs----all depend on your ability to solve problems and make decisions.引自 Introduction
提炼一下可否暂时简单地认为，critical thinking的核心是 solve probems and make decisions on a sound basis。对于sound的定义，暂时还很模糊。
The book has three main sections. The first, " The Context”, will help you understand such important concepts as individuality, critical thinking, truth, knowledge, opinion, evidence, and argument and vercome attitudes and ideas that obstruct critical thinking. The second section, "The Pitfalls". which teach you to recognize and avoid the most common errors in thinking. The third section, "A Strategy", will help you acquire the various skills used in addressing problems and issues.引自 Introduction
表示其中内容是对原文的摘抄