Steven P. Lee

What Is the Argument?: Critical Thinking in the Real World [With Access to Powerweb Card]

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

What Is the Argument? Critical Thinking in the Real World is a clear, thoughtful text that solves a wide array of teaching problems unique to the critical thinking course. As the subtitle states, Lee introduces students to the kind of arguments they encounter outside the classroom, and develops a distinctive and effective set of methods by which they can identify and evaluate arguments. More than most texts, What Is the Argument presents an interesting, integrated, skill-building approach that satisfies students and teachers alike.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: McGraw Hill LLC
• Seitenzahl: 560
• Erscheinungstermin: Mai 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 233mm x 187mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 962g
• ISBN-13: 9780072840865
• ISBN-10: 0072840862
• Artikelnr.: 21309176

Inhaltsangabe

1. What Is Critical Thinking? What is Critical Thinking?
The Importance of Critical Thinking
Critical Thinking in the Real World
Chapter Summary
A Look Ahead
Key Terms 2. What Is An Argument? The Support Relationship
Argumentative Texts
Persuasion and the Social Nature of Argument
Chapter Summary
Key Terms 3. Explanations and Value Arguments Explanation
Facts, Values, and Opinions
Chapter Summary
Key Terms 4. What Is the Argument? Conclusion and Premises Argument Structure
Identifying the Conclusion
Identifying the Premises
Chapter Summary
Key Terms 5. Reformulation and Complex Arguments General Statements
Conditional Statements
The Idea of Reformulation
Complex Arguments
Chapter Summary
Key Terms 6. Evaluating Argument Form Argument Evaluation
Deductive Arguments and Validity
Implicit Premises
Nondeductive Arguments and Formal Strength
The Idea of a Fallacy
Irrelevant Reason and Hasty Conclusion
Some Specific Format Fallacies
Chapter Summary
Key Terms 7. Deductive Arguments Formal Logic and Logical Form
Categorical Logic
Immediate Inference
Testing for Validity in Categorical Logic
Statement Logic
Chapter Summary
Key Terms 8. Evaluating Argument Content Premises and their Assessment
The Fallacies of Problematic Premise and False Premise
Appeals to Authority
Some Specific Content Fallacies
Chapter Summary
Key Terms 9. Language and Meaning Concepts and Their Role in Arguments
Definition
Some Specific Fallacies of Language Use
Chapter Summary
Key Terms 10. Induction and Causal Arguments Inductive Arguments
10.2 Evaluating Inductive Arguments
Causal Arguments
Chapter Summary
Key Terms 11. All-Things-Considered Arguments and Analogies All-Things-Considered Arguments
Arguments from Analogy
Evaluation-the Fallacy of Faulty Analogy
Summary
Key Terms