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Critical Thinking: A Student’s Introduction

By James M. Wallace , William Irwin , Gregory Bassham , Henry Nardone

Book information

Publisher
McGraw-Hill
Year
2012
ISBN
0078038316, 9780078038310
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
45 MB (47447054 bytes)
Edition
5
Pages
544\549
Time added
2018-01-10 14:29:26
logic; critical thinking

Description

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. 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

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