First published in 1979, this is a genuine interdisciplinary work of nonfiction, with dozens of historical references and subtexts. Critics and reviewers have summed up its meaning in varying ways, yet consistently with praise. A mixture of art, philosophy, music, math, technology, and cognitive science, the book's title only reflects one aspect ...
The habits and attitudes associated with critical thinking are transferable to consumer, medical, legal, and general ethical choices. When our surgeon says surgery is needed, it can be life sustaining to seek answers to the critical questions encouraged in Asking the Right Questions This popular book helps bridge the gap between simply memorizing ...
This work teaches you to make a winning argument in the boardroom, in the bedroom, at home or in the office, with your spouse, with your children, with your friends and and with your relations. The author's view is that argument is an art form, a technique which can be learnt, to give you advantage over your opponent and to persuade them that ...
Updated examples, streamlined text, and the chapter on definition reworked in a rule-based format strengthen this already strong volume. Readers familiar with the previous edition will find a text that retains all the features that make Rulebook ideally suited for use as a supplementary course book -- including its modest price and compact size. ...
This text covers all of the standard topics for any introductory logic course. The material is integrated in such a way that elements fit together as in a puzzle so students can assemble a broad picture of the subject. Visual aids and colour are used to reinforce key points and concepts. Additionally, key terms are boldfaced, many examples serve ...
This clear, learner-friendly text helps today's students bridge the gap between everyday culture and critical thinking. The text covers all the basics of critical thinking, beginning where students are, not where we think they should be. Its comprehensiveness allows instructors to tailor the material to their individual teaching styles, resulting ...
The unique collaborative effort of a distinguished interdisciplinary team -- a professor of English and a professor of philosophy -- "Current Issues and Enduring Questions" is a balanced and flexible book that provides the benefit of the authors' dual expertise in effective persuasive writing "and" rigorous critical thinking. Its comprehensive ...
Kant devoted over 10 years to writing the "Critique of Pure Reason", one of the fundamental works in all of Western philosophy. In it, Kant considers basic philosophical questions--the nature of reason, experience, science, morality, religion, truth, and reality--and attempts to reconcile the two dominant philosophical schools of his day: the ...
"Critical Thinking, Reading, and Writing" is a compact but thorough guide to critical thinking and argumentation. Comprising the text portion of the widely adopted "Current Issues and Enduring Questions," it draws on the authors' dual expertise in effective persuasive writing and rigorous critical thinking. It helps students move from critical ...
This complete text and software package provides a self-contained introduction to the basic concepts of logic: language, truth, argument, consequence, proof and counterexample. Assuming no prior study of logic, Barwide and Etchemendy provide a clear and comprehensive outline of the field - a text appropriate for introductory or secondary courses ...
The Power of Critical Thinking: Effective Reasoning About Ordinary and Extraordinary Claims, Third Edition, presents the broadest range of tools for today's critical thinking students to apply in any arena, from everyday life to academia, and from science to the media. It explores the essentials of critical reasoning, argumentation, logic, and ...
Dedicated to the memory of Irving M. Copi, the twelfth edition of Introduction to Logic retains its breadth of coverage, while breaking new ground with a compelling new design and inclusion of new pedagogic features to help students in their study of logic. This new edition goes further than any previous edition-or competing logic text-in ...
More than any other textbook, Moore and Parker's "Critical Thinking" has defined the structure and content of the critical thinking course at colleges and universities across the country - and has done so with a witty writing style that students enjoy. Current examples relevant to today's students bring the concepts of critical thinking to life in ...
John L. Austin" was one of the leading philosophers of the twentieth century. The William James Lectures presented Austin's conclusions in the field to which he directed his main efforts on a wide variety of philosophical problems. These talks became the classic "How to Do Things with Words." For this second edition, the editors have returned to ...
This textbook is ideal for introductory logic courses, as well as critical thinking courses. Salmon offers instructors a unique approach: she presents material on inductive reasoning before deductive reasoning. Numerous examples and problems allow students to check their mastery of a topic. This authoritative textbook presents logic and critical ...
This fascinating exploration of the great discoveries of history's most important mathematicians seeks an answer to the eternal question: Does mathematics hold the key to understanding the mysteries of the physical world? Illustrations throughout.
Why do some companies prosper while others fail? Despite great amounts of research, many of the studies that claim to pin down the secret of success are based in pseudoscience. The Halo Effect is the outcome of that pseudoscience, a myth that Philip Rosenzweig masterfully debunks in THE HALO EFFECT. The Halo Effect describes the tendency of ...
This brief, inexpensive text helps the reader to think critically, using examples from the weird claims and beliefs that abound in our culture to demonstrate the sound evaluation of any claim. The authors focus on types of logical arguments and proofs, making "How to Think about Weird Things" a versatile supplement for logic, critical thinking, ...
Life takes logic. Logic offers students a comprehensive yet accessible introduction to the fundamentals of logical thinking. In addition to clear and detailed coverage of logic theory, author Stan Baronett emphasizes real-world applications of the principles of logic. Because of this dual focus--on how to think logically as well as how to apply ...
Uses over one thousand everyday examples and exercises to illuminate key points and ideas. Students work with illustrations to convert the non-verbal into arguments and arrive at conceptual understanding, providing a fully integrated learning and teaching system.
Organized around common rhetorical situations that occur all around us, "Inventing Arguments, Second Edition", shows you that argument is a living process rather than a form to be modeled. Through the text's prominent focus on invention, you will learn to recognize the rhetorical elements of any argumentative situation and apply the tools of ...
This treatise represents the culmination of Deleuze's lifelong work in philosophy. Philosophy for Deleuze and Guattari concerns itself not with the actual but with the virtual - a domain of problems and possibilities. The book begins by detailing Deleuze's and Guattari's conception of philosophy. It then develops their understanding of the ...
This is a witty assault on lame rhetoric, specious logic, and official BS. Here's a fast-paced, ruthlessly funny romp through the mulligan stew of illogic, unreason, and just plain drivel served up daily in the media by pundits, psychics, ad agencies, New Age gurus, statisticians, free trade ideologues, business "thinkers," and, of course, ...
This text is designed for those who desire a comprehensive introduction to logic that is both rigorous and student friendly. Numerous, carefully crafted exercise sets accompanied by crisp, clear exposition take the student from sentential logic through first order predicate logic, the theory of descriptions, and identity. As the title suggests, ...
This new edition is for introductory and intermediate level logic courses, offered in Philosophy departments. The semantics, syntax, and metatheory of both sentential and predicate logic are covered in detail. Techniques and concepts are presented first informally, then formally, using comprehensive explanations and numerous carefully constructed ...
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