Critical thinking isn't as easy as it sounds. CRITICAL THINKING shows you how decision-making errors are made, and how to avoid them. By combining simple explanations with time-tested theories, CRITICAL THINKING helps you meet the challenges of life head-on. And because it includes over one thousand examples drawn from everyday life and tons of study tools, this textbook helps you get the grade you need.
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Höhe: 231 mm
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978-0-534-58348-4 (9780534583484)
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THE FUNDAMENTALS. 1. Critical Thinking. 2. What Are We Arguing About? 3. What Is A Good Argument? 4. Repairing Arguments. 5. Is That True? Review Chapters 1-5. THE STRUCTURE OF ARGUMENTS. 6. Compound Claims. 7. Counterarguments. 8. General Claims. Review Chapters 6-8. AVOIDING BAD ARGUMENTS. 9. Concealed Claims. 10. Too Much Emotion. 11. Fallacies: A Summary of Bad Arguments. Arguments for Analysis. Short Arguments for Analysis. Complex Arguments for Analysis. REASONING ABOUT OUR EXPERIENCE. 12. Reasoning by Analogy. 13. Numbers? 14. Generalizing. 15. Cause and Effect. Review Chapters 12-15. Evaluating Reasoning. Composing Good Arguments. Making Decisions. Appendices. Using Examples in Reasoning. Truth Tables. Aristotelian Logic. Diagramming Arguments. Glossary. Answers to Selected Exercises. Index.
