Reason and Explanations
Guidelines for Critical Thinking
Published on 29. November 1999
Book
Paperback/Softback
300 pages
978-0-534-57411-6 (ISBN)
Description
The concepts for each chapter work together to achieve the goal of aiding students to develop their evaluation abilities and to consider their beliefs in a mature and intelligent way. Students will learn to look closely at the kinds of reasons that can be given for beliefs, think hard about how to evaluate reasoning, and develop the skill of effectively presenting that evaluation to others. Throughout the book, numerous examples and exercises work to strengthen student's critical and expository abilities.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Belmont, CA
United States
Publishing group
Cengage Learning, Inc
Target group
Primary & secondary/elementary & high school
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 231 mm
Width: 160 mm
Thickness: 8 mm
Weight
386 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-534-57411-6 (9780534574116)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. Constructing and Analyzing Arguments. 3. Matters of Meaning. 4. Informal Fallacies. 5. Analogy. 6. Understanding and Explanation. 7. Evaluating Explanations. 8. Generalization and Causal Inference. 9. Testing Causal Explanations. 10. Decision Making. Appendix. Index.