PART 1: UNDERSTANDING THE BASIC THEORY OF ANALYSIS: Why a Guide on Analytic Thinking? -- Why the Analysis of Thinking is Important -- All Thinking is Defined by the Eight Elements That Make It Up -- All Humans Use Their Thinking To Make Sense of the World -- To Analyze Thinking We Must Learn to Identify and Question Its Elemental Structures -- To Evaluate Thinking, We Must Understand and Apply Intellectual Standards -- On the Basis of the Above We Can Develop A Checklist for Evaluating Reasoning -- PART 2: GETTING STARTED, SOME FIRST STEPS: Think About Purpose -- State the Question -- Gather Information -- Watch Your Inferences -- Check Your Assumptions -- Clarify Your Concepts -- Understand Your Point of View -- Think Through the Implications -- PART 3: USING ANALYSIS TO FIGURE OUT THE LOGIC OF ANYTHING: The Spirit of Critical Thinking -- Analyzing the Logic of Human Emotions -- Analyzing Problems -- Analyzing the Logic of an Article, Essay, or Chapter -- Analyzing the Logic of a Textbook -- Evaluating an Authorś Reasoning -- Analyzing the Logic of a Subject (Science, History, Sociology, Economics, Ecology) -- PART 4: TAKING YOUR UNDERSTANDING TO A DEEPER LEVEL: Analyzing and Assessing - Goals, Purposes, or Objectives - Questions, Problems, and Issues - Data, Evidence, Experience, Research - Inferences, Interpretations, and Conclusions - Assumptions and Beliefs - Concepts, Ideas, and Theories - Points of View and Perspectives - Implications and Consequences -- Distinguishing Between Inferences and Assumptions.