Critical Reasoning
3rd Edition
Published on 1. October 1991
Book
Paperback/Softback
384 pages
978-0-534-14688-7 (ISBN)
Description
This book should be of interest to courses in critical reasoning, critical thinking, informal logic and general logic courses.
This book should be of interest to courses in critical reasoning, critical thinking, informal logic and general logic courses.
This book should be of interest to courses in critical reasoning, critical thinking, informal logic and general logic courses.
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Edition
3rd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Belmont, CA
United States
Publishing group
Cengage Learning, Inc
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 241 mm
Width: 190 mm
Weight
720 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-534-14688-7 (9780534146887)
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Content
Deciding what to believe. The anatomy of arguments: Identifying premises and conclusions. Understanding arguments through reconstruction. Evaluating deductive arguments: some basic questions. "That depends on what you mean by...". Why are bad arguments sometimes convincing? Arguments in context: understanding more complicated passages. Pulling all together: six steps to understanding and evaluating deductive arguments. Induction and emperical generalization. Explanation and the criticism of theories. Making reasonable decisions as an amateur in a world of specialists. Answers to selected exercises. Appendix. Glossary. Index.