Vaughn, Lewis.

The power of critical thinking : Lewis Vaughn and Chris MacDonald - 2nd Canadian ed. - New York : Oxford University Press, 2010. - xvi, 533 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 26 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I: Basics. The power of critical thinking -- Obstacles to critical thinking -- Making sense of arguments -- Part II: Reasons. Reasons for belief and doubt -- Faulty reasoning -- Part III: Arguments. Deductive reasoning : propositional logic -- Deductive reasoning : categorical logic -- Inductive reasoning -- Part IV: Explanations. Inference to the best explanation -- Judging scientific theories -- Judging moral arguments and theories.

9780195431223

2009018616


Critical thinking.

BC177 / .V38 2010

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