Critical thinking: Evaluating claims and arguments in everyday life - Softcover
An introduction to the basis of critical thinking, this book describes such topics a pseudo-reasoning, informative claims, peer pressure and causation. The authors intend the reader to be able to recognize the kinds of persuasive devices used to influence their thinking and decision-making.
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- PublisherMayfield Pub. Co
- Publication date1989
- ISBN 10 0874848415
- ISBN 13 9780874848410
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number2
- Number of pages469
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Kevin Opstedal (illustrator). Second Edition 3rd Printing. Light Creasing on Front, Rear Covers; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Lightly Chipped; Edges Lightly Soiled. SUB-TITLE: Evaluating Claims and Arguments in Everyday Life. SPONSORING EDITOR: James Bull. PRODUCTION MANAGER: Gwen Larson. COPY EDITOR: Toni Haskel. TEXT DESIGNER: Andrew Zutis. COVER PHOTO: The Image Bank West/Michel Tcherevkoff. COVER DESIGNER: Charles Kaplan. CONTENTS: Preface; PART ONE CLAIMS 1 What Is Critical Thinking? 2 Understanding Claims 3 Evaluating Informative Claims 4 Explanations 5 Nonargumentative Persuasion 6 Pseudoreasoning I 7 Pseudoreasoning II; PART TWO ARGUMENTS 8 Understanding and Evaluating Arguments 9 Common Patterns of Deductive Arguments 10 Generalization and Related Inductive Reasoning 11 Casual Arguments 12 Moral Reasoning; APPENDICES 1 Categorical Logic 2 Truth-Functional Logic 3 Writing an Argumentative Essay; Glossary; Answers, Suggestions, and Tips for Starred Exercises; Index. SYNOPSIS: With style and considerable wit, Moore and Parker's Critical Thinking helps students recognize the many kinds of persuasive devices used to influence their thinking and decision-making. Critical Thinking contains hundreds of exercises, examples, and real-life scenarios that get students involved. You'll find a wealth of recent examples covering politics, advertising, computers, sports, and academia. Features new to this edition: greater emphasis on writing skills, including essay questions after each chapter and an appendix on writing argumentative essays; a popular technique for diagramming arguments; expanded exercise sets in the appendixes on truth-functional and categorical logic. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Seller Inventory # 004379
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Kevin Opstedal (illustrator). Second Edition 3rd Printing. Light Creasing on Front, Rear Covers; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Lightly Chipped; Light Moisture Damage; Edges Moderately Soiled. SUB-TITLE: Evaluating Claims and Arguments in Everyday Life. SPONSORING EDITOR: James Bull. PRODUCTION MANAGER: Gwen Larson. COPY EDITOR: Toni Haskel. TEXT DESIGNER: Andrew Zutis. COVER PHOTO: The Image Bank West/Michel Tcherevkoff. COVER DESIGNER: Charles Kaplan. CONTENTS: Preface; PART ONE CLAIMS 1 What Is Critical Thinking? 2 Understanding Claims 3 Evaluating Informative Claims 4 Explanations 5 Nonargumentative Persuasion 6 Pseudoreasoning I 7 Pseudoreasoning II; PART TWO ARGUMENTS 8 Understanding and Evaluating Arguments 9 Common Patterns of Deductive Arguments 10 Generalization and Related Inductive Reasoning 11 Casual Arguments 12 Moral Reasoning; APPENDICES 1 Categorical Logic 2 Truth-Functional Logic 3 Writing an Argumentative Essay; Glossary; Answers, Suggestions, and Tips for Starred Exercises; Index. SYNOPSIS: With style and considerable wit, Moore and Parker's Critical Thinking helps students recognize the many kinds of persuasive devices used to influence their thinking and decision-making. Critical Thinking contains hundreds of exercises, examples, and real-life scenarios that get students involved. You'll find a wealth of recent examples covering politics, advertising, computers, sports, and academia. Features new to this edition: greater emphasis on writing skills, including essay questions after each chapter and an appendix on writing argumentative essays; a popular technique for diagramming arguments; expanded exercise sets in the appendixes on truth-functional and categorical logic. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Seller Inventory # 004380
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