Moore, Brooke NoelParker, Richard
McGraw-Hill Education (New York, 2015) (eng) English9780078119149Unknown11th ed.CRITICAL THINKING; UnknownThe first integrated program designed specifically for the critical thinking course, Moore & Parker's Critical Thinking teaches students the skills they need in order to think for themselves-skills they will call upon in this course, in other college courses, and in the world that awaits. The authors' practical and accessible approach illustrates core concepts with concrete real-world examples, extensive practice exercises, and a thoughtful set of pedagogical features. Connect and LearnSmart for Critical Thinking coalesce in a highly adaptive learning environment where each student gets the targeted help he or she needs for more efficient mastery of course concepts.
Physical dimension
xvi, 484 p.25 cm.ill.
Summary / review / table of contents
Critical thinking basics --
Clear thinking, critical thinking, and clear writing --
Credibility --
Persuasion through rhetoric: common devices and techniques --
More rhetorical devices: psychological and related fallacies --
More fallacies --
The anatomy and varieties of arguments --
Deductive arguments I: categorical logic --
Deductive arguments II: truth-functional logic --
Inductive arguments --
Causal arguments --
Moral, legal, and aesthetic reasoning.