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Invitation to critical thinking / Joel Rudinow, Vincent E. Barry

By: Rudinow, Joel.
Contributor(s): Barry, Vincent E [(j.a.)].
Publisher: Australia : Wadsworth, c2004Edition: 5th ed.Description: xv, 361 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 0155058835 (pbk.).Subject(s): Critical thinking | LogicDDC classification: 160
Contents:
Unit 1: The basics. Ch. 1. Critical thinking. Ch. 2. Language. - Unit 2: Argument. Ch. 3. Argument identification. Ch. 4. Argument analysis I: representing argument structure. Ch. 5. Argument analysis II: paraphrasing arguments. - Unit 3. Deductive reasoning. Ch. 6. Evaluating deductive arguments I: categorical logic. Ch. 7. Evaluating deductive arguments II: truth functional logic. - Unit 4. Inductive reasoning. Ch. 8. Evaluating inductive arguments I: generalization and analogy. Ch. 9. Evaluating inductive arguments II: hypothetical reasoning and burden of proof. - Unit 5. Evaluating whole arguments. Ch. 10. Evaluating premises: self-evidence, consistency, indirect proof. Ch. 11. Informal fallacies I: language, relevance, authority. Ch. 12. Informal fallacies II: assumptions and induction. Ch. 13. Making your case: argumentative composition. - Index.
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Unit 1: The basics. Ch. 1. Critical thinking. Ch. 2. Language. - Unit 2: Argument. Ch. 3. Argument identification. Ch. 4. Argument analysis I: representing argument structure. Ch. 5. Argument analysis II: paraphrasing arguments. - Unit 3. Deductive reasoning. Ch. 6. Evaluating deductive arguments I: categorical logic. Ch. 7. Evaluating deductive arguments II: truth functional logic. - Unit 4. Inductive reasoning. Ch. 8. Evaluating inductive arguments I: generalization and analogy. Ch. 9. Evaluating inductive arguments II: hypothetical reasoning and burden of proof. - Unit 5. Evaluating whole arguments. Ch. 10. Evaluating premises: self-evidence, consistency, indirect proof. Ch. 11. Informal fallacies I: language, relevance, authority. Ch. 12. Informal fallacies II: assumptions and induction. Ch. 13. Making your case: argumentative composition. - Index.

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