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William Hughes's Critical Thinking, recently revised and updated by Jonathan Lavery and Katheryn Doran, is a comprehensive and accessible introduction to the essential skills required to make strong arguments. Hughes, Lavery, and Doran give a thorough treatment of such traditional topics as deductive and inductive reasoning, logical fallacies, the importance of inference, how to recognize and avoid ambiguity, and how to assess what is or is not relevant to an argument. The authors also cover less traditional topics such as special concerns to keep in mind when reasoning about ethical matters, and how the nature of a language can affect the structure of an argument. In addition to covering basic concepts for analyzing and assessing arguments, the text also has two chapters that are designed to help students write argumentative essays. Last but not least, Critical Thinking includes a selection of logical paradoxes and puzzles that are as entertaining as they are enlightening.For the sixth edition particular attention has been paid to the needs of American students and instructors.
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"Critical Thinking works very well indeed with first-year students." -- Cleo Boyd, University of Toronto
"This is a good book. Hughes’ writing is always clear, and his approach is thoroughly sensible." -- David Detmer, Purdue University
"With crisp accessible discussion, Hughes delineates perceptively the relevance of important philosophical questions to central topics." -- P. Genest, Union College, Schenectady
"[A] helpful text which is destined to make a noteworthy contribution to the critical thinking movement." -- David Naugle, Dallas Baptist University
"[A] very good text." -- William Sweet, St. Francis Xavier University
About the Author
The late William Hughes was Professor and Chair in the Philosophy Department at the University of Guelph. Jonathan Lavery is Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Contemporary Studies at Wilfrid Laurier University, Brantford. Katheryn Doran is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at Hamilton College in Clinton, New York.
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- PublisherBroadview Press Ltd
- Publication date1999
- ISBN 10 1551112515
- ISBN 13 9781551112510
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number3
- Number of pages377
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