Introduction to Logic And Critical Thinking

Salmon, Merrilee H.

ISBN 10: 0534626637 / ISBN 13: 9780534626631

Published by Cengage Learning, 2006

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Synopsis:

Designed for students with no prior training in logic, INTRODUCTION TO LOGIC AND CRITICAL THINKING offers an accessible treatment of logic that enhances understanding of reasoning in everyday life. The text begins with an introduction to arguments. After some linguistic preliminaries, the text presents a detailed analysis of inductive reasoning and associated fallacies. This order of presentation helps to motivate the use of formal methods in the following sections on deductive logic and fallacies that mimic deductive arguments. Lively and straightforward prose assists students in gaining facility with the sometimes challenging concepts of logic. By combining a sensitive treatment of ordinary language arguments with a simple but rigorous exposition of basic principles of logic, the text develops students' understanding of the relationships between logic and language, and strengthens their skills in logic and critical thinking.

Synopsis: This book offers a balanced treatment of reasoning in ordinary language and formal techniques that enhance understanding of reasoning. The book begins with an extensive treatment of inductive reasoning that includes inductive generalizations and causal arguments. Since readers are already familiar with these types of arguments in everyday life, they can appreciate the point of studying them in a systematic way. The book contains many timely features, lively and straightforward prose, and numerous examples and exercises drawn from many areas of knowledge. It combines a sensitive treatment of ordinary language arguments with a simple but rigorous exposition of basic principles of logic.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Introduction to Logic And Critical Thinking
Publisher: Cengage Learning
Publication Date: 2006
Binding: paperback
Condition: Good
Edition: 5th or later Edition