| Description |
x, 275 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
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regular print |
| Contents |
Ch. 1. Why should be become critical thinkers? -- Ch. 2. Logic: deductive validity -- Ch. 3. Logic: inductive force -- Ch. 4. Rhetorical ploys and fallacies -- Ch. 5. The practice of argument reconstruction -- Ch. 6. Issues in argument assessment -- Ch. 7. Truth, knowledge and belief |
| Summary |
This book is a much-needed guide to thinking skills and above all to thinking critically for oneself. Through clear discussion, students learn the skills required to tell a good argument from a bad one. Key features include: jargon-free discussion of key concepts in argumentation; how to avoid confusions surrounding words such as 'truth', 'knowledge' and 'opinion'; how to identify and evaluate the most common types of argument; how to spot fallacies in arguments and tell good reasoning from bad; topical examples from politics, sport, medicine, music; and chapter summaries, glossary and exercises. Critical Thinking is essential reading for anyone, student or professional, seeking to improve their reasoning and arguing skills |
| Notes |
Tracey Bowell is lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Waikato, New Zealand |
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Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Also available electronically |
| Subject |
Thought and thinking -- Problems, exercises, etc.
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Logic.
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Reasoning.
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Critical thinking -- Problems, exercises, etc.
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Critical thinking.
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| Genre/Form |
Problems and exercises.
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Problems and exercises.
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| Author |
Kemp, Gary, 1960 October 15-
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| LC no. |
2001031914 |
| ISBN |
0415240174 paperback |
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0415240166 hardback |
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