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How to think logically / Gary Seay, Susana Nuccetelli.

By: Seay, Gary.
Contributor(s): Nuccetelli, Susana.
Series: Penguin academics. Publisher: New York : Pearson/Longman, c2008Description: xviii, 574 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.ISBN: 9780321337771 (pbk.); 0321337778 (pbk.).Subject(s): Reasoning | Critical thinkingDDC classification: 160
Contents:
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.
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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.