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The pocket guide to Critical thinking / Richard L. Epstein.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Epstein, Richard L., 1947-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Critical thinking.
- Critical thinking--Problems, exercises, etc.
- Genre:
- Problems and exercises.
- Physical Description:
- 124 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Australia ; [Belmont, Calif.] : Wadsworth/Thomson Learning, [2003]
- Summary:
- This brief text can be used for any one credit Critical Thinking course, or for any course which includes a component on Critical Thinking.
- This little book is a summary and guide to the art of reasoning well in daily life. Epstein's larger text, Critical Thinking (see next listing), upon which this is based, set a new standard of pedagogical excellence and provided a well-integrated approach to the subject. Friendly and easy to learn from, this short book provides the same benefits in a trimmed-down fashion, without the cartoon illustrations. It also includes revised examples which are more interdisciplinary.
- Contents:
- 1 Claims 1
- 2 Concealed Claims 7
- 3 Arguments 10
- 4 Evaluating Premises 13
- 5 Experiments 19
- 6 The Conclusion Follows 21
- 7 Repairing Arguments 25
- 8 Compound Claims 32
- 9 Counterarguments 42
- 10 General Claims 46
- 11 Analogies 55
- 12 Models 59
- 13 Numbers 65
- 14 Generalizing 68
- 15 Cause and Effect 77
- 16 Cause in Populations 88
- 17 Explanations 92
- 18 Fallacies 109
- 19 Evaluating Reasoning 115
- 20 Writing Good Arguments 119
- 21 Making Decisions 121.
- Notes:
- Abridgement of author's Critical thinking.
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 0534561020
- OCLC:
- 49856710
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