Stewart Kelly, Kelly Stewart

Thinking Well: An Introduction to Critical Thinking with Free Critical Thinking Powerweb

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Both logically rigorous and user-friendly, this text challenges students to develop the skills necessary for thinking well, emphasizing both the precise use of language and the correct application of good thinking skills.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: McGraw Hill LLC
• Erscheinungstermin: Mai 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 188mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 540g
• ISBN-13: 9780072840872
• ISBN-10: 0072840870
• Artikelnr.: 21878138

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. Introduction to Critical Thinking
2. Obstacles to Thinking Well
3. Definitions and the Importance of Language
4. The Basic Elements of an Argument
5. Distinguishing Good Arguments from Bad Ones
6. Fallacies
7. Knowledge and Worldview
8. Thinking About Values
9. Putting It All Together
10. Essays for Analysis
Anthony Flint, Rutgers Senior Finds His $7 How-To In Demand Among College
Students / George Will, The Real Opiate of the Masses / Bob Dole, A Tough
but Responsible Solution / Thurgood Marshall, Dissenting Opinion in Gregg
v. Georgia (1976) / Mark Twain, Little Bessie / Associated Press, Court
Orders Treatment on Boy / Ralph Diaz, Save African Children / National
Review, We Aren't the World / Peter Singer, Rich and Poor / Garrett Hardin,
Lifeboat Ethics: The Case Against Helping the Poor
Suggested Readings
Chapters 1-8 each have Summary and Glossary sections.