Vaughn, Lewis.
The power of critical thinking : effective reasoning about ordinary and extraordinary claims / Lewis Vaughn. - 3rd ed. - New York : Oxford University Press, 2013. - xix, 588 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 26 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part I: Basics. The power of critical thinking -- Obstacles to critical thinking -- Making sense of arguments -- Part II: Reasons. Reasons for belief and doubt -- Faulty reasoning -- Part III: Arguments. Deductive reasoning : propositional logic -- Deductive reasoning : categorical logic -- Inductive reasoning -- Part IV: Explanations. Inference to the best explanation -- Judging scientific theories -- Judging moral arguments and theories.
9780195377927 (alk. paper) 0195377923 (alk. paper)
2009018616
Critical thinking.
BC177 / .V38 2013
The power of critical thinking : effective reasoning about ordinary and extraordinary claims / Lewis Vaughn. - 3rd ed. - New York : Oxford University Press, 2013. - xix, 588 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 26 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part I: Basics. The power of critical thinking -- Obstacles to critical thinking -- Making sense of arguments -- Part II: Reasons. Reasons for belief and doubt -- Faulty reasoning -- Part III: Arguments. Deductive reasoning : propositional logic -- Deductive reasoning : categorical logic -- Inductive reasoning -- Part IV: Explanations. Inference to the best explanation -- Judging scientific theories -- Judging moral arguments and theories.
9780195377927 (alk. paper) 0195377923 (alk. paper)
2009018616
Critical thinking.
BC177 / .V38 2013