Critical Thinking: A Student’s Introduction

✍ Scribed by Gregory Bassham, William Irwin, Henry Nardone, James M. Wallace

Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Year: 2012
Tongue: English
Leaves: 549
Edition: 5
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

Bassham's popular text helps today's students bridge the gap between everyday culture and critical thinking. Using a proven step-by-step approach, this text covers all the basics of critical thinking in clear, reader-friendly language. The 5th edition has taken into account suggestions from users and reviewers of previous editions, and has added an Appendix, and new readings, exercises and examples throughout the text.

✦ Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Introduction to Critical Thinking
Chapter 2: Recognizing Arguments
Chapter 3: Basic Logical Concepts
Chapter 4: Language
Chapter 5: Logical Fallacies—1
Chapter 6: Logical Fallacies—2
Chapter 7: Analyzing Arguments
Chapter 8: Evaluating Arguments and Truth Claims
Chapter 9: A Little Categorical Logic
Chapter 10: A Little Propositional Logic
Chapter 11: Inductive Reasoning
Chapter 12: Finding, Evaluating and Using Sources
Chapter 13: Writing Argumentative Essays
Chapter 14: Thinking Critically about the Media
Chapter 15: Science and Pseudoscience

✦ Subjects

logic; critical thinking

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