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Second thoughts : critical thinking for a diverse society / Wanda Teays.

By: Teays, Wanda.
Publisher: Boston, Mass. : McGraw-Hill, c2003Edition: 2nd ed.Description: xvi, 625, [12] p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 0767425626 (pbk.); 0072985488 (shrink-wrapped).Subject(s): Critical thinking | Multiculturalism | ReasoningDDC classification: 160
Contents:
Preface. - Acknowledgments. - Pt. 1. Acquiring critical thinking skills. 1. Out of the fog: The pathway to critical thinking. 2. Sharpening our tools: The basics of argument. 3. Out of the silence: The power of language. 4. Fallacies, fallacies: Steering clear of argumentative quicksand. 5. Analysis: The heart of critical thinking. - Pt. 2. Going out into the world. 7. The social dimension. 8. Desire and illusion: Analyzing advertising. 9. Voices of the community: The news media. 10. The seductive screen: Film and television. 11. Web sight: Critical thinking and the Internet. 12. Specialized tools: Problem solving, question techniques, and writing skills. - Pt. 3. The logic connection. 13. The big three of induction: Analogies, causal reasoning, and statistical arguments. 14. Handling claims, drawing inferences. 15. Syllogisms. 16. Patterns of deductive reasoning: Rules of inference . - Glossary of key terms. - Index.
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Preface. - Acknowledgments. - Pt. 1. Acquiring critical thinking skills. 1. Out of the fog: The pathway to critical thinking. 2. Sharpening our tools: The basics of argument. 3. Out of the silence: The power of language. 4. Fallacies, fallacies: Steering clear of argumentative quicksand. 5. Analysis: The heart of critical thinking. - Pt. 2. Going out into the world. 7. The social dimension. 8. Desire and illusion: Analyzing advertising. 9. Voices of the community: The news media. 10. The seductive screen: Film and television. 11. Web sight: Critical thinking and the Internet. 12. Specialized tools: Problem solving, question techniques, and writing skills. - Pt. 3. The logic connection. 13. The big three of induction: Analogies, causal reasoning, and statistical arguments. 14. Handling claims, drawing inferences. 15. Syllogisms. 16. Patterns of deductive reasoning: Rules of inference . - Glossary of key terms. - Index.