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Author:   Larry Wright (Professor of Philosophy, Professor of Philosophy, University of California, Riverside)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Edition:   2nd Revised edition
Dimensions:   Width: 23.10cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 18.80cm
Weight:   0.635kg
ISBN:  

9780199796229

ISBN 10:   019979622
Pages:   416
Publication Date:   23 June 2016
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Chapters 1 and 4-8 open with an Introduction. Each chapter ends with Supplemental Exercises and Answers. Preface: PART ONE. PARAPHRASING 1. THE BARE-BONES PARAPHRASE The Concept of Paraphrase Reading and Paraphrase Technique and Vocabulary Human Understanding Subtler Issues Two Principles of Paraphrasing Things to Keep in Mind 2. READING FOR STRUCTURE: DEPENDENCY AND SUBORDINATION Complexity Technique and Vocabulary Useful Patterns Tricks for Tough Cases Systematic Features Trial and Error Exercise 3. READING FOR REASONING: PARAPHRASING ARGUMENTS Reading for a Particular Purpose Reading for Reasoning A Shortcut: Schematizing Directly from a Passage Charitable Schematizing PART TWO. ANALYZING REASONING 4. ARGUMENT ANALYSIS: ANSWERING QUESTIONS The Purpose of Analysis The Fundamental Concepts: Questions and Answers Refining the Apparatus and Exercising Our Skills Evaluating Arguments: How Good Are the Reasons? Interim Summary: What We Have Learned So Far Dealing with Disagreement 5. DIAGNOSTIC ARGUMENTS: REASONING BY EXPLAINING Diagnostic Questions Diagnostic Concepts Objects and Resources: Different Kinds of Support Refinements Diagnostic Investigation 6. DIAGNOSTIC PATTERNS Cause and Correlation Testimony Sampling Counting Cases: Induction by Enumeration Circumstantial Evidence 7. FURTHER APPLICATIONS: PREDICTION AND RECOMMENDATION Prediction Recommendation 8. FALLACIES Fallacies of Construction Critical Fallacies APPENDIX. DEDUCTION Introduction Semantic Conflict Semantic Evaluation Deductive Arguments Structure Tests and Criteria Relative Strength Summary Glossary of Important Terms: Index:

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"""This is the best critical-thinking book on the market. Its strengths are its originality, thoughtfulness, attention to scholarship in informal logic/critical thinking, focus on the importance of critical-reading skills, and practical application to the kinds of reasoning we do every day through a remarkably careful discussion of inference to the best explanation.""--Dale Turner, Cal Poly Pomona ""I have seen students understand what they are reading and evaluate arguments in a meaningful way in classes where this text is being used. This in itself motivates me to use it.""--Sharon Crasnow, Norco College, Riverside Community College District ""Critical Thinking constitutes a unified approach to a whole trajectory of intellectual development; that is, it can take someone from 'able to read' all the way to 'able to think analytically and creatively about reasoning.'""--Chris Campolo, Hendrix College"

<br> This is the best critical-thinking book on the market. Its strengths are its originality, thoughtfulness, attention to scholarship in informal logic/critical thinking, focus on the importance of critical-reading skills, and practical application to the kinds of reasoning we do every day through a remarkably careful discussion of inference to the best explanation. --Dale Turner, Cal Poly Pomona<p><br> I have seen students understand what they are reading and evaluate arguments in a meaningful way in classes where this text is being used. This in itself motivates me to use it. --Sharon Crasnow, Norco College, Riverside Community College District<p><br> Critical Thinking constitutes a unified approach to a whole trajectory of intellectual development; that is, it can take someone from 'able to read' all the way to 'able to think analytically and creatively about reasoning.' --Chris Campolo, Hendrix College<p><br>

Author Information

Larry Wright is Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, Riverside, where he has taught since 1970. He is the author of Practical Reasoning (1989), Better Reasoning: Techniques for Handling Argument, Evidence & Abstraction (1982), and Teleological Explanations: An Etiological Analysis of Goals and Functions (1976).

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