How to Think Logically
ISBN: 9780321337771 | 0321337778
Edition: 1stFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Longman
Pub. Date: 1/1/2008
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This concise, affordable, and engaging new text is designed for introductory courses on logic and critical thinking. This unique book covers the basic principles of informal logic while also raising substantive issues in other areas of philosophy: epistemology, ethics, philosophy of language, and philosophy of science.The author's presentation strikes a careful balance: it offers clear, jargon-free writing while preserving rigor. Brimming with numerous pedagogical features this accessible textassists students with analysis, reconstruction, and ... MORE
| Preface | |
| About the Authors | |
| The Building Blocks Of Reasoning | |
| What Is Logical Thinking? | |
| And Why Should We Care? | |
| The Study of Reasoning | |
| Inference or Argument | |
| 1.2Logic and Reasoning | |
| 3 Dimensions of the Subject | |
| Formal Logic | |
| Informal Logic | |
| Exercises | ... MORE |
| 1.3Arguments and Non-Arguments | |
| 1.4Argument Analysis | |
| Reconstructing and Evaluating Arguments | |
| Identifying Premises and Conclusion | |
| Premise and Conclusion | |
| Indicators | |
| Arguments with No Premise or Conclusion | |
| Indicator | |
| Exercises | |
| 1.5The Philosopher's Corner | |
| What is Philosophical About All This? | |
| Exercises | |
| Writing | |
| Project | |
| 1.6Chapter | |
| Summary | |
| 1.7Key Words | |
| Thinking Logically and Speaking One's Mind | |
| Rational Acceptability | |
| Logical Connectedness | |
| Evidential Support | |
| Truth and Evidence | |
| 2.2Beyond Rational Acceptability | |
| Linguistic Merit | |
| Retorical Power | |
| Rhetoric vs. Logical Thinking | |
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