effective reasoning about ordinary and extraordinary claims /
First Statement of Responsibility
Lewis Vaughn
EDITION STATEMENT
Edition Statement
Second edition
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Oxford University Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2008
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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xix, 540 pages :
Other Physical Details
illustrations (some color) ;
Dimensions
26 cm
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 525-528) and index
CONTENTS NOTE
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The power of critical thinking -- The "environment" of critical thinking -- Making sense of arguments -- Reasons for belief and doubt -- Faulty reasoning -- Deductive reasoning : propositional logic -- Deductive reasoning : categorical logic -- Inductive reasoning -- Inference to the best explanation -- Judging scientific theories -- Judging moral arguments and theories -- Appendix A: Essays for evaluation -- Appendix B: Answers to exercises
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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This text explores the essentials of critical reasoning, argumentation, logic, and argumentative essay writing while also incorporating material on important topics that most other texts leave out