Critical Thinking and Intelligence Analysis
Critical Thinking and Intelligence Analysis
Critical Thinking and Intelligence Analysis
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Figures <strong>and</strong> Tables<br />
Figure 1: A Comparison of Inductive,<br />
Deductive, <strong>and</strong> Abductive Reasoning...................................... 5<br />
Figure 2: Elements of Thought..................................................... 9<br />
Figure 3: A Continuum of Intellectual St<strong>and</strong>ards....................... 10<br />
Figure 4: Levels of Questioning:<br />
<strong>Critical</strong> <strong>Thinking</strong> in a Social Setting..................................... 17<br />
Figure 5: Respective Ranges of Soviet SS-4 MRBM<br />
<strong>and</strong> SS-5 IRBM Missiles.......................................................... 22<br />
Figure 6: A Place for <strong>Analysis</strong> between<br />
Dogmatism <strong>and</strong> Criticism...................................................... 28<br />
Figure 7: Detail of a U-2 Photograph of an SS-4 MRBM<br />
Launch Site, San Cristobal, Cuba, 14 October 1962........... 30<br />
Figure 8: U-2 Tracks over Cuba, 4–14 October 1962................. 32<br />
Table 1: A Comparison of Different Sets of<br />
<strong>Critical</strong> Thinker’s Competencies........................................... 14<br />
Table 2: Applying Paul <strong>and</strong> Elder’s <strong>Critical</strong> <strong>Thinking</strong> Model<br />
to the Situation in Cuba, August–September 1962............... 27<br />
Table 3: A Comparative Assessment of Rival Motivations............... 38<br />
Table 4: Goals <strong>and</strong> Outcomes in the Cuban Missile Crisis......... 44<br />
Table 5: How Analysts Decide..................................................... 50<br />
Table 6: Cooper’s Analytic Pathologies...................................... 82<br />
Table 7: <strong>Analysis</strong>: Past, Present <strong>and</strong> Future................................. 92<br />
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