Critical Thinking / Richard L. Epstein and Carolyn Kernberger

By: Epstein, Richard L | Kernberger, CarolynPublication details: Australia : Thomson Wadsworth, c2006 Edition: 3rd edDescription: 441 p. : ill. ; 27 cmISBN: 0534583482DDC classification: 160 EPS

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THE FUNDAMENTALS
1. Critical Thinking?
2. What are we arguing about?
3. What is a good argument?
4. Repairing arguments
5. Is that true?
THE STRUCTURES OF ARGUMENTS
6. Compound claims
7. Counterarguments
8. General claims
AVOIDING BAD ARGUMENTS
9. Concealed claims
10. Too much emotion
11. Fallacies - a summary of bad arguments
ARGUMENTS for ANALYSIS
REASONING ABOUT OUR EXPERIENCE
12. Reasoning by analogy
13. Numbers?
14. Generalizing
15. Cause and effect
Review chapters 12-15
Evaluating reasoning
Composing good arguments
Making decisions
Includes bibliographical references and index

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