Critical thinking: an introduction to the basic skills

by Hughes, William, (William H.)

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Title Statements

Full title :Critical thinking : an introduction to the basic skills / William Hughes, Jonathan Lavery, and Katheryn Doran.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2015
Edition:Seventh edition

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Broadview Press
Place of Publication:Peterborough, Ontario
Language:eng
Publication Date:2015

Notes

Includes index.

The Physical Object

Description:xv, 468 pages : : illustrations ; : 23 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781554811977, 155481197X, 9781554811991, 1554811996
oclc:ocn898163277
LC Classification:BC177
Dewey Decimal:160

Reasoning and critical thinking -- Meaning and definition -- Clarifying meaning -- Reconstructing arguments -- Strategies for assessing arguments -- Assessing truth-claims -- Assessing relevance -- Assessing adequacy -- Deductive reasoning -- Inductive reasoning -- Scientific reasoning -- Moral reasoning -- Legal reasoning -- Arguing back -- Irrational techniques of persuasion -- Critiquing the media -- Writing and assessing argumentative essays -- Strategies for organizing an argumentative essay -- Appendix I: Paradoxes and puzzles -- Appendix II: Answers to self-tests.

Subjects

Critical thinking Critical thinking -- Textbooks Logic Logic -- Textbooks Logique -- Manuels d'enseignement supér… Manuels d'enseignement supérieur Pensée critique -- Manuels d'enseigneme… Philosophy (General) Textbooks