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From the authors who brought you "The Simpsons and Philosophy," "The Matrix and Philosophy," and "The Lord of the Rings and Philosophy." "Critical Thinking: A Student's Introduction," is a clear, learner-friendly text that helps today's students bridge the gap between everyday culture and critical thinking. The text covers all the basics of critical thinking, beginning where students are, not where we think they should be. Its comprehensiveness allows instructors to tailor the material to their individual teaching styles, resulting in an exceptionally versatile text.
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From the authors who brought you "The Simpsons and Philosophy," "The Matrix and Philosophy," and "The Lord of the Rings and Philosophy." "Critical Thinking: A Student's Introduction," is a clear, learner-friendly text that helps today's students bridge the gap between everyday culture and critical thinking. The text covers all the basics of critical thinking, beginning where students are, not where we think they should be. Its comprehensiveness allows instructors to tailor the material to their individual teaching styles, resulting in an exceptionally versatile text.
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- Verlag: McGraw Hill LLC
- Seitenzahl: 560
- Erscheinungstermin: Mai 2002
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 230mm x 187mm x 20mm
- Gewicht: 875g
- ISBN-13: 9780072840858
- ISBN-10: 0072840854
- Artikelnr.: 22249663
- Herstellerkennzeichnung
- Libri GmbH
- Europaallee 1
- 36244 Bad Hersfeld
- 06621 890
- Verlag: McGraw Hill LLC
- Seitenzahl: 560
- Erscheinungstermin: Mai 2002
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 230mm x 187mm x 20mm
- Gewicht: 875g
- ISBN-13: 9780072840858
- ISBN-10: 0072840854
- Artikelnr.: 22249663
- Herstellerkennzeichnung
- Libri GmbH
- Europaallee 1
- 36244 Bad Hersfeld
- 06621 890
1. Introduction to Critical Thinking What is Critical Thinking? Critical Thinking Standards The Benefits of Critical Thinking Barriers to Critical Thinking Characteristics of a Critical Thinker Chapter Summary 2. Recognizing Arguments What Is an Argument?
Identifying Premises and Conclusions
What Is Not an Argument?
Chapter Summary 3. Basic Logical Concepts Deduction and Induction
How Can We Tell Whether an Argument is Deductive or Inductive?
Common Patterns of Deductive Reasoning
Common Patterns of Inductive Reasoning
Deductive Validity
Inductive Strength
Testing for Validity
Chapter Summary 4. Language The Role of Language in the Assessment of Arguments
Deciding Whether a Premise is True or False
Precision and Personal Viewpoint in Our Own Arguments
Finding the Right Words: The Need for Precision
The Importance of Precise Definitions
Emotive Language: Slanting the Truth
Euphemism and Political Correctness
Chapter Summary 5. Logical Fallacies 1-The Concept of Relevance
Fallacies of Relevance
Chapter Summary 6 Logical Fallacies 2-Fallacies of Insufficient Evidence
Chapter Summary 7. Analyzing Arguments Diagramming Short Arguments
Summarizing Longer Arguments
Chapter Summary 8. Evaluating Arguments When Is an Argument a Good One?
When Is It Reasonable to Accept a Premise?
Chapter Summary Appendix: Sample Critical Essay 9. Getting Deeper into Logic: Categorical Reasoning Categorical Statements
Translating into Standard Categorical Form
Categorical Syllogisms
Chapter Summary 10. Getting Deeper into Logic: Propositional Logic Conjunction
Conjunction and Validity
Negation
Deeper Analysis of Negation and Conjunction
Disjunction
Conditional Statements
Chapter Summary 11. Inductive Reasoning Introduction to Induction
Inductive Generalizations
Statistical Arguments
Induction and Analogy
Induction and Causal Arguments
A Few Words about Probability
Chapter Summary 12. Finding, Evaluating and Using Sources Finding Sources
Refining Your Search
Directional Information
Informational Sources
Evaluating Sources
The Audience
Taking Notes
Using Sources
Acknowledging Sources
Chapter Summary 13. Writing Argumentative Essays Writing a Successful Argument
Before you Write
Writing the First Draft
After the First Draft
Sample Argumentative Essay
Chapter Summary 14. Thinking Critically About the Media The Mass Media
The News Media: Message vs. Meaning, Information vs.
Knowledge
Getting us to Pay Attention: What Really Drives the Media
Keeping Our Interest: The News as Entertainment
Media Literacy
Advertisements and the Media
Chapter Summary 15. Science and Pseudoscience The Basic Pattern of Scientific Reasoning
The Limitations of Science
How to Distinguish Science from Pseudoscience
Two Case Studies in Pseudoscience and the Paranormal
Chapter Summary Answers to Selected Exercises Glossary
Index
Identifying Premises and Conclusions
What Is Not an Argument?
Chapter Summary 3. Basic Logical Concepts Deduction and Induction
How Can We Tell Whether an Argument is Deductive or Inductive?
Common Patterns of Deductive Reasoning
Common Patterns of Inductive Reasoning
Deductive Validity
Inductive Strength
Testing for Validity
Chapter Summary 4. Language The Role of Language in the Assessment of Arguments
Deciding Whether a Premise is True or False
Precision and Personal Viewpoint in Our Own Arguments
Finding the Right Words: The Need for Precision
The Importance of Precise Definitions
Emotive Language: Slanting the Truth
Euphemism and Political Correctness
Chapter Summary 5. Logical Fallacies 1-The Concept of Relevance
Fallacies of Relevance
Chapter Summary 6 Logical Fallacies 2-Fallacies of Insufficient Evidence
Chapter Summary 7. Analyzing Arguments Diagramming Short Arguments
Summarizing Longer Arguments
Chapter Summary 8. Evaluating Arguments When Is an Argument a Good One?
When Is It Reasonable to Accept a Premise?
Chapter Summary Appendix: Sample Critical Essay 9. Getting Deeper into Logic: Categorical Reasoning Categorical Statements
Translating into Standard Categorical Form
Categorical Syllogisms
Chapter Summary 10. Getting Deeper into Logic: Propositional Logic Conjunction
Conjunction and Validity
Negation
Deeper Analysis of Negation and Conjunction
Disjunction
Conditional Statements
Chapter Summary 11. Inductive Reasoning Introduction to Induction
Inductive Generalizations
Statistical Arguments
Induction and Analogy
Induction and Causal Arguments
A Few Words about Probability
Chapter Summary 12. Finding, Evaluating and Using Sources Finding Sources
Refining Your Search
Directional Information
Informational Sources
Evaluating Sources
The Audience
Taking Notes
Using Sources
Acknowledging Sources
Chapter Summary 13. Writing Argumentative Essays Writing a Successful Argument
Before you Write
Writing the First Draft
After the First Draft
Sample Argumentative Essay
Chapter Summary 14. Thinking Critically About the Media The Mass Media
The News Media: Message vs. Meaning, Information vs.
Knowledge
Getting us to Pay Attention: What Really Drives the Media
Keeping Our Interest: The News as Entertainment
Media Literacy
Advertisements and the Media
Chapter Summary 15. Science and Pseudoscience The Basic Pattern of Scientific Reasoning
The Limitations of Science
How to Distinguish Science from Pseudoscience
Two Case Studies in Pseudoscience and the Paranormal
Chapter Summary Answers to Selected Exercises Glossary
Index
1. Introduction to Critical Thinking What is Critical Thinking? Critical Thinking Standards The Benefits of Critical Thinking Barriers to Critical Thinking Characteristics of a Critical Thinker Chapter Summary 2. Recognizing Arguments What Is an Argument?
Identifying Premises and Conclusions
What Is Not an Argument?
Chapter Summary 3. Basic Logical Concepts Deduction and Induction
How Can We Tell Whether an Argument is Deductive or Inductive?
Common Patterns of Deductive Reasoning
Common Patterns of Inductive Reasoning
Deductive Validity
Inductive Strength
Testing for Validity
Chapter Summary 4. Language The Role of Language in the Assessment of Arguments
Deciding Whether a Premise is True or False
Precision and Personal Viewpoint in Our Own Arguments
Finding the Right Words: The Need for Precision
The Importance of Precise Definitions
Emotive Language: Slanting the Truth
Euphemism and Political Correctness
Chapter Summary 5. Logical Fallacies 1-The Concept of Relevance
Fallacies of Relevance
Chapter Summary 6 Logical Fallacies 2-Fallacies of Insufficient Evidence
Chapter Summary 7. Analyzing Arguments Diagramming Short Arguments
Summarizing Longer Arguments
Chapter Summary 8. Evaluating Arguments When Is an Argument a Good One?
When Is It Reasonable to Accept a Premise?
Chapter Summary Appendix: Sample Critical Essay 9. Getting Deeper into Logic: Categorical Reasoning Categorical Statements
Translating into Standard Categorical Form
Categorical Syllogisms
Chapter Summary 10. Getting Deeper into Logic: Propositional Logic Conjunction
Conjunction and Validity
Negation
Deeper Analysis of Negation and Conjunction
Disjunction
Conditional Statements
Chapter Summary 11. Inductive Reasoning Introduction to Induction
Inductive Generalizations
Statistical Arguments
Induction and Analogy
Induction and Causal Arguments
A Few Words about Probability
Chapter Summary 12. Finding, Evaluating and Using Sources Finding Sources
Refining Your Search
Directional Information
Informational Sources
Evaluating Sources
The Audience
Taking Notes
Using Sources
Acknowledging Sources
Chapter Summary 13. Writing Argumentative Essays Writing a Successful Argument
Before you Write
Writing the First Draft
After the First Draft
Sample Argumentative Essay
Chapter Summary 14. Thinking Critically About the Media The Mass Media
The News Media: Message vs. Meaning, Information vs.
Knowledge
Getting us to Pay Attention: What Really Drives the Media
Keeping Our Interest: The News as Entertainment
Media Literacy
Advertisements and the Media
Chapter Summary 15. Science and Pseudoscience The Basic Pattern of Scientific Reasoning
The Limitations of Science
How to Distinguish Science from Pseudoscience
Two Case Studies in Pseudoscience and the Paranormal
Chapter Summary Answers to Selected Exercises Glossary
Index
Identifying Premises and Conclusions
What Is Not an Argument?
Chapter Summary 3. Basic Logical Concepts Deduction and Induction
How Can We Tell Whether an Argument is Deductive or Inductive?
Common Patterns of Deductive Reasoning
Common Patterns of Inductive Reasoning
Deductive Validity
Inductive Strength
Testing for Validity
Chapter Summary 4. Language The Role of Language in the Assessment of Arguments
Deciding Whether a Premise is True or False
Precision and Personal Viewpoint in Our Own Arguments
Finding the Right Words: The Need for Precision
The Importance of Precise Definitions
Emotive Language: Slanting the Truth
Euphemism and Political Correctness
Chapter Summary 5. Logical Fallacies 1-The Concept of Relevance
Fallacies of Relevance
Chapter Summary 6 Logical Fallacies 2-Fallacies of Insufficient Evidence
Chapter Summary 7. Analyzing Arguments Diagramming Short Arguments
Summarizing Longer Arguments
Chapter Summary 8. Evaluating Arguments When Is an Argument a Good One?
When Is It Reasonable to Accept a Premise?
Chapter Summary Appendix: Sample Critical Essay 9. Getting Deeper into Logic: Categorical Reasoning Categorical Statements
Translating into Standard Categorical Form
Categorical Syllogisms
Chapter Summary 10. Getting Deeper into Logic: Propositional Logic Conjunction
Conjunction and Validity
Negation
Deeper Analysis of Negation and Conjunction
Disjunction
Conditional Statements
Chapter Summary 11. Inductive Reasoning Introduction to Induction
Inductive Generalizations
Statistical Arguments
Induction and Analogy
Induction and Causal Arguments
A Few Words about Probability
Chapter Summary 12. Finding, Evaluating and Using Sources Finding Sources
Refining Your Search
Directional Information
Informational Sources
Evaluating Sources
The Audience
Taking Notes
Using Sources
Acknowledging Sources
Chapter Summary 13. Writing Argumentative Essays Writing a Successful Argument
Before you Write
Writing the First Draft
After the First Draft
Sample Argumentative Essay
Chapter Summary 14. Thinking Critically About the Media The Mass Media
The News Media: Message vs. Meaning, Information vs.
Knowledge
Getting us to Pay Attention: What Really Drives the Media
Keeping Our Interest: The News as Entertainment
Media Literacy
Advertisements and the Media
Chapter Summary 15. Science and Pseudoscience The Basic Pattern of Scientific Reasoning
The Limitations of Science
How to Distinguish Science from Pseudoscience
Two Case Studies in Pseudoscience and the Paranormal
Chapter Summary Answers to Selected Exercises Glossary
Index