Critical Thinking: An Introduction to the Basic Skills

William Hughes

ISBN 10: 1551110849 / ISBN 13: 9781551110844

Published by Broadview Press, 1996

Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1. Seller Inventory # G1551110849I5N00

Synopsis:

William Hughes’s Critical Thinking, recently revised and updated by Jonathan Lavery, is a comprehensive and accessible introduction to the essential skills required to make strong arguments. Hughes and Lavery give a thorough treatment of such traditional topics as deductive and inductive reasoning, logical fallacies and how to spot them, the importance of inference, how to recognise and avoid ambiguity, and how to assess what is or is not relevant to an argument. But they also cover a variety of topics not always treated in books of this sort—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. The book gives a lucid treatment of the differences between descriptive and evaluative meaning: one person’s freedom fighter is another person’s terrorist. Last but not least, Critical Thinking includes a selection of logical paradoxes and puzzles that are as entertaining as they are enlightening.

For the fourth edition, Jonathan Lavery has added a new chapter on scientific reasoning, expanded the treatment of analogies, added numerous examples, and revised and updated the text throughout.

Review: "Critical Thinking works very well indeed with first-year students...All in all, Hughes’s Critical Thinking is a text I recommend highly." -- Cleo Boyd, University of Toronto

"This is a good book. Hughes’s writing is always clear, and his approach is thoroughly sensible." -- David Detmer, Purdue University

"[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

Bibliographic Details

Title: Critical Thinking: An Introduction to the ...
Publisher: Broadview Press
Publication Date: 1996
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Fair
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Edition: 2nd Edition