Critical Thinking An Appeal to Reason 1st Edition by Peg Tittle ISBN 9780415997140 978-0415997140
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ISBN 10:9780415997140
ISBN 13:978-0415997140
Author:Peg Tittle
In Critical Thinking: An Appeal to Reason, Peg Tittle empowers students with a solid grounding in the lifelong skills of considered analysis and argumentation that should underpin every student’s education. Starting with the building blocks of a good argument, this comprehensive new textbook offers a full course in critical thinking. It includes chapters on the nature and structure of argument, the role of relevance, truth and generalizations, and the subtleties of verbal and visual language.
Special features include:
• an emphasis on the constructive aspect of critical thinking―strengthening the arguments of others and constructing sound arguments of your own―rather than an exclusive focus on spotting faulty arguments
• actual questions from standardized reasoning tests like the LSAT, GMAT, MCAT, and GRE
• graduated end-of-chapter exercises, asking students to think critically about what they see, hear, read, write, and discuss
• numerous sample arguments from books, magazines, television, and the Internet for students to analyze
• many images for critical analysis
• analyzed arguments that help students to read critically and actively
• an extensive companion website for instructors and students
A companion website features:
• for instructors: an extensive instructor’s manual; a test bank; and PowerPoint slides
• for students: extended answers, explanations, and analyses for the exercises and arguments in the book; supplementary chapters on logic and ethics; downloadable MP3 study guides; interactive flash cards; and thinking critically audio exercises.
Table of contents:
Chapter 1: Critical Thinking
1.1 What is critical thinking?
1.2 What is critical thinking not?
Chapter 2: The Nature of Argument
2.1 Recognizing an Argument
2.2 Circular Arguments
2.3 Counterarguments
2.4 The Burden of Proof
2.5 Facts and Opinions
2.6 Deductive and Inductive Argument
Chapter 3: The Structure of Argument
3.1 Convergent, Single
3.2 Convergent, Multiple
3.3 Divergent
Chapter 4: Relevance
4.1 Relevance
4.2 Errors of Relevance
Chapter 5: Language
5.1 Clarity
5.2 Neutrality
5.3 Definition
Chapter 6: Truth and Acceptability
6.1 How do we define truth?
6.2 How do we discover truth?
6.3 How do we evaluate claims of truth?
Chapter 7: Generalizations, Analogies, and General Principles
7.1 Sufficiency
7.2 Generalizations
7.3 Analogies
7.4 General Principles
Chapter 8: Inductive Argument – Causal Reasoning
8.1 Causation
8.2 Explanations
8.3 Predictions, Plans, and Policies
8.4 Errors in Causal Reasoning
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