Critical Reasoning: A Practical Introduction

✍ Scribed by Anne Thomson

Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2001
Tongue: English
Leaves: 220
Edition: 2
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

Do other people's arguments tie you in knots? Do you lack the confidence in your ability to reason? Do you assume that everything written in newspapers must be true?

We all engage in the process of reasoning, but we don't always pay attention to whether we are doing it well. This book offers the opportunity to practice reasoning in a clear-headed and critical way, with the aims of developing an awareness of the importance of reasoning well, and of improving the reader's skill in analyzing and evaluating arguments.

In this second edition of the highly successful Critical Reasoning , Anne Thomson has updated and revised the book to include new and topical examples which will guide students through the processes of critical reasoning in a clear and engaging way.

✦ Table of Contents

Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
Acknowledgements......Page 10
Introduction......Page 12
Analysing reasoning......Page 16
Evaluating reasoning......Page 50
Recognising implications......Page 88
Two skills in the use of language......Page 100
Exercising the skills of reasoning......Page 112
Answers to exercises......Page 152
Bibliography and further reading......Page 216
Index......Page 218

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