Overview
Designed for effective classroom use, this book equips students to think critically, reason and argue well. ""Critical Thinking: An Introduction to Reasoning Well"" provides a concise and accessible introduction to logic and critical reasoning. Designed specifically to meet the needs of undergraduate students encountering philosophical logic and critical thinking for the first time, this comprehensive textbook covers all the themes and topics typically covered in an introductory course. Topics covered in this title include: the structure, formation, analysis and recognition of arguments; deductive validity and soundness; inductive strength and cogency; inference to the best explanation; truth tables; tools for argument assessment; and, informal and formal fallacies. Designed for classroom use, the book features a host of student-friendly exercises, examples, study questions, diagrams, and suggestions for further reading. Ideal for undergraduate students in philosophy and beyond, it also includes full coverage of the reasoning problems typically found on graduate school entrance exams. Guiding students to all the skills and tools necessary for effective critical thinking, the text is supplemented throughout with real life examples that highlight the immense value of thinking critically.
Full Product Details
Author: Jamie Carlin Watson , Robert Arp
Publisher: Continuum Publishing Corporation
Imprint: Continuum Publishing Corporation
Dimensions:
Width: 15.60cm
, Height: 2.30cm
, Length: 23.40cm
Weight: 0.612kg
ISBN: 9780826439512
ISBN 10: 0826439519
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 24 February 2011
Audience:
College/higher education
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Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print 
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Table of Contents
Preface; Part I: The Basics of Good Reasoning; 1. The Basic Tools of Reasoning; Chapter 2: Evaluating Arguments; Part II: Deductive Reasoning; 3. Categorical Logic; 4. Basic Propositional Logic; 5. Truth Tables; 6. Rules of Inference; Part III: Inductive Reasoning; 7. Probability and Induction; 8. Generalization, Analogy, and Causation; 9. Inference to the Best Explanation; 10. Informal Fallacies; Part IV: Graduate School Entrance Exams; 11. Reasoning on the GRE, LSAT, GMAT, and MCAT; Index.
Reviews
. ..it is accurate and clearly written, and it employs a friendly, jovial style. There is a nice shape and organization to the book, and it probably makes for an average to above-average critical thinking textbook. - Carolyn Swanson, Teaching Philosophy
it is accurate and clearly written, and it employs a friendly, jovial style. There is a nice shape and organization to the book, and it probably makes for an average to above-average critical thinking textbook. Carolyn Swanson, Teaching Philosophy
.. .it is accurate and clearly written, and it employs a friendly, jovial style. There is a nice shape and organization to the book, and it probably makes for an average to above-average critical thinking textbook. - Carolyn Swanson, Teaching Philosophy
Author Information
Jamie Carlin Watson is an Assistant Professor at Young Harris College, USA. He has previously taught at Barry University, Florida A&M University and the University of Montana. Robert Arp is a Research Associate at the National Center for Biomedical Ontology at the University at Buffalo, USA. He has previously taught philosophy at Florida State University and Southwest Minnesota State University. He is the author of Scenario Visualization: An Evolutionary Account of Creative Problem Solving (MIT Press, 2008), editor of South Park and Philosophy (Blackwell, 2006), and co-editor of Batman and Philosophy (Blackwell, 2008), Philosophy of Biology: An Anthology (Blackwell, forthcoming) and Contemporary Debates in Philosophy of Biology (Blackwell, forthcoming).
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