The Art of Questioning
An Introduction to Critical Thinking
Published on 12. May 2009
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528 pages
978-0-13-093699-8 (ISBN)
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For undergraduate level courses in Critical Thinking, and Writing courses.
This text offers students the clearest explanations and the most examples of any critical thinking text on the market. Begins with issues concerning words, examines techniques for evaluating explanations and arguments, and concludes by applying all the skills to reading essays and writing argumentative essays.
This text offers students the clearest explanations and the most examples of any critical thinking text on the market. Begins with issues concerning words, examines techniques for evaluating explanations and arguments, and concludes by applying all the skills to reading essays and writing argumentative essays.
Reviews / Votes
"(This book)... is superior to nearly all in one respect: it contains both in the text and the exercises an unusually large number of excellent examples, many of which are drawn from contemporary sources." - John Nolt, University of Tennessee"The selections on reading and writing critically are very useful overall innovations to a text of this scope." - Pedro Bias Gonzalez, Barry University
"I like the examples and many of the problem sets for examining concepts. I particularly like things such as explaining how to create random numbers in an Excel spreadsheet- the sort of thing that encourages students to apply what they are learning outside of class." - Keith Abney, California Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo
"The text is eminently clear. Nothing in the text is obscure or beyond the ability of undergraduates to understand." - Michael Papazian, Berry College
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Pearson Education (US)
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 178 mm
Weight
1000 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-13-093699-8 (9780130936998)
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Content
(NOTE: Each section begins with an Introduction.)I. SOME USES OF LANGUAGE.
1. The Informative Function of Language.
2. The Directive Function of Language.
3. The Emotive Function of Language.
4. Descriptive Passages.
5. Explanations.
II. ARGUMENTS.
6. Deduction.
7. Induction.
8. Recognizing Arguments.
9. Tree Diagrams for Arguments.
III. CHECKING THE EVIDENCE.
10. Observations: When Should Seeing Be Believing?
11. Testimony: Whom Do You Trust?
12. Values and Obligations: What Should You Do?
IV. CATEGORICAL SYLLOGISMS.
13. Categorical Propositions.
14. Categorical Syllogisms.
15. Rules for Judging Validity.
16. Venn Diagrams for Judging Validity.
17. Missing Premises and Conclusions.
18. Conversion, Obversion, and Squares of Opposition.
19. Living in the "Real World."
V. PROPOSITIONAL ARGUMENTS.
20. Simple and Compound Statements.
21. Truth Tables.
22. Common Propositional Argument Forms.
23. Enthymemes, Argument Chains, and Other Hazards.
24. Some Logical Equivalences.
VI. INDUCTIVE ARGUMENTS.
25. Analogies.
26. Generalizations and Surveys.
27. Hypotheses, Explanations, and Argument to the Best Explanation.
VII. INFORMAL FALLACIES.
28. Fallacies of Ambiguity.
29. Fallacies of Relevance.
30. Fallacies of Presumption.
31. Fallacies of Weak Induction.
VIII. LARGE-SCALE APPLICATIONS.
32. How to Read an Essay.
33. How to Write an Argumentative Essay.
Solutions to the Odd Numbered Problems.
Glossary.
Index.
1. The Informative Function of Language.
2. The Directive Function of Language.
3. The Emotive Function of Language.
4. Descriptive Passages.
5. Explanations.
II. ARGUMENTS.
6. Deduction.
7. Induction.
8. Recognizing Arguments.
9. Tree Diagrams for Arguments.
III. CHECKING THE EVIDENCE.
10. Observations: When Should Seeing Be Believing?
11. Testimony: Whom Do You Trust?
12. Values and Obligations: What Should You Do?
IV. CATEGORICAL SYLLOGISMS.
13. Categorical Propositions.
14. Categorical Syllogisms.
15. Rules for Judging Validity.
16. Venn Diagrams for Judging Validity.
17. Missing Premises and Conclusions.
18. Conversion, Obversion, and Squares of Opposition.
19. Living in the "Real World."
V. PROPOSITIONAL ARGUMENTS.
20. Simple and Compound Statements.
21. Truth Tables.
22. Common Propositional Argument Forms.
23. Enthymemes, Argument Chains, and Other Hazards.
24. Some Logical Equivalences.
VI. INDUCTIVE ARGUMENTS.
25. Analogies.
26. Generalizations and Surveys.
27. Hypotheses, Explanations, and Argument to the Best Explanation.
VII. INFORMAL FALLACIES.
28. Fallacies of Ambiguity.
29. Fallacies of Relevance.
30. Fallacies of Presumption.
31. Fallacies of Weak Induction.
VIII. LARGE-SCALE APPLICATIONS.
32. How to Read an Essay.
33. How to Write an Argumentative Essay.
Solutions to the Odd Numbered Problems.
Glossary.
Index.