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The power of critical thinking : [effective reasoning about ordinary and extraordinary claims] / Lewis Vaughn

By: Vaughn, Lewis.
Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 2009Edition: 2nd ed.Description: xix, 540 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm.ISBN: 9780195391121 (pbk : Int. ed.).Subject(s): Critical thinkingDDC classification: 160
Contents:
Part I: Basics. 1 The power of critical thinking. 2. The "environment" of critical thinking. 3. Making sense of arguments. - Pt. 2. Reasons. 4. Reasons for belief and doubt. 5. Faulty reasoning. - Pt. 3. Arguments. 6. Deductive reasoning : propositional logic. 7. Deductive reasoning : categorical logic. 8. Inductive reasoning. - Pt. 4. Explanations. 9. Inference to the best explanation. 10. Judging scientific theories. 11. Judging moral arguments and the theories.
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Effective reasoning about ordinary and extraordinary claims : front cover page

Includes bibliographical references (p. 525-528) and index.

Part I: Basics. 1 The power of critical thinking. 2. The "environment" of critical thinking. 3. Making sense of arguments. - Pt. 2. Reasons. 4. Reasons for belief and doubt. 5. Faulty reasoning. - Pt. 3. Arguments. 6. Deductive reasoning : propositional logic. 7. Deductive reasoning : categorical logic. 8. Inductive reasoning. - Pt. 4. Explanations. 9. Inference to the best explanation. 10. Judging scientific theories. 11. Judging moral arguments and the theories.

Thinking Skills : 9694