Seay, Gary.
How to think logically / Gary Seay, Susana Nuccetelli. - New York : Pearson/Longman, c2008. - xviii, 574 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. - Penguin academics .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part I:The building blocks of reasoning -- What is logical thinking? and why should we care? -- Thinking logically and speaking one's mind -- The virtues of belief -- Part II: Reason and Argument--Tips for argument analysis -- Evaluating deductive arguments -- Analyzing inductive arguments -- Part III: Informal Fallacies-- Some ways an argument can fail -- Avoiding ungrounded assumptions -- From unclear language to unclear reasoning -- Avoiding irrelevant premises -- Compound propositions -- The cash value of argument form -- Categorical propositions --Categorical syllogisms.
9780321337771 (pbk.) 0321337778 (pbk.)
Reasoning.
Critical thinking.
160 / SEA
How to think logically / Gary Seay, Susana Nuccetelli. - New York : Pearson/Longman, c2008. - xviii, 574 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. - Penguin academics .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part I:The building blocks of reasoning -- What is logical thinking? and why should we care? -- Thinking logically and speaking one's mind -- The virtues of belief -- Part II: Reason and Argument--Tips for argument analysis -- Evaluating deductive arguments -- Analyzing inductive arguments -- Part III: Informal Fallacies-- Some ways an argument can fail -- Avoiding ungrounded assumptions -- From unclear language to unclear reasoning -- Avoiding irrelevant premises -- Compound propositions -- The cash value of argument form -- Categorical propositions --Categorical syllogisms.
9780321337771 (pbk.) 0321337778 (pbk.)
Reasoning.
Critical thinking.
160 / SEA