The power of critical thinking : effective reasoning about ordinary and extraordinary claims / Lewis Vaughn.
By: Vaughn, Lewis
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BookPublisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 2013Edition: 3rd ed.Description: xix, 588 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 26 cm.ISBN: 9780195377927 (alk. paper); 0195377923 (alk. paper).Subject(s): Critical thinking| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Notes | Date due | Item holds |
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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.
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