Introducing Logic and Critical Thinking

2017-08-01
Introducing Logic and Critical Thinking

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  • Author: T. Ryan Byerly
  • Publisher: Baker Academic
  • ISBN: 1493410806
  • Category : Religion
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 256

This robust, clear, and well-researched textbook for classes in logic introduces students to both formal logic and to the virtues of intellectual inquiry. Part 1 challenges students to develop the analytical skills of deductive and inductive reasoning, showing them how to identify and evaluate arguments. Part 2 helps students develop the intellectual virtues of the wise inquirer. The book includes helpful pedagogical features such as practice exercises and a concluding summary with definitions of key concepts for each chapter. Resources for professors and students are available through Baker Academic's Textbook eSources.

Introduction to Logic and Critical Thinking

2012-01-01
Introduction to Logic and Critical Thinking

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  • Author: Merrilee H. Salmon
  • Publisher: Cengage Learning
  • ISBN: 1133711642
  • Category : Education
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 530

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 subsequent sections on deductive logic and fallacies. 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 critical thinking. Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.

Introduction to Logic and Critical Thinking

2016
Introduction to Logic and Critical Thinking

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  • Author: Matthew J. Van Cleave
  • Publisher:
  • ISBN:
  • Category : Electronic books
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 235

"This is an introductory textbook in logic and critical thinking. The goal of the textbook is to provide the reader with a set of tools and skills that will enable them to identify and evaluate arguments. The book is intended for an introductory course that covers both formal and informal logic. As such, it is not a formal logic textbook, but is closer to what one would find marketed as a “critical thinking textbook”"--BC Campus website.

Introduction to Logic and Critical Thinking

1989
Introduction to Logic and Critical Thinking

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  • Author: Merrilee H. Salmon
  • Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P
  • ISBN:
  • Category : Philosophy
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 416

Critical Thinking

2018-12-05
Critical Thinking

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  • Author: Max Black
  • Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing
  • ISBN: 1789126339
  • Category : Psychology
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 732

I have tried to make this book an argument, not a catalogue of dogmas. Its ideal reader will find himself constantly asking questions, for which he will insist on finding his own answers. To avoid wasting his time, I have made the fullest use of authentic illustrations from newspapers, books, and other contemporary sources. One of the wisest things ever said about our subject is that “Logic, like whiskey, loses its beneficial effect when taken in too large doses.” While bearing this constantly in mind, I have also aimed at a high level of accuracy and the inclusion of nothing that would have to be unlearnt at a more advanced level of study. This book could never have been written without the help of the students to whom I have lectured on logic and scientific method. My chief obligations are to them. Logic ought to be easy, interesting, and enjoyable. This book will have been successful if it helps some readers to find it so.—Prof. Max Black

The Elements of Arguments: An Introduction to Critical Thinking and Logic

2019-04-11
The Elements of Arguments: An Introduction to Critical Thinking and Logic

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  • Author: Philip Turetzky
  • Publisher: Broadview Press
  • ISBN: 146040646X
  • Category : Philosophy
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 338

The Elements of Arguments introduces such central critical thinking topics as informal fallacies, the difference between validity and truth, basic formal propositional logic, and how to extract arguments from texts. Turetzky aims to prevent common confusions by clearly explaining a number of important distinctions, including propositions vs. propositional attitudes, propositions vs. states of affairs, and logic vs. rhetoric vs. psychology. Exercises are provided throughout, including numerous informal arguments that can be assessed using the skills and strategies presented within the text.

Introduction to Logic and Critical Thinking

2013
Introduction to Logic and Critical Thinking

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  • Author: Merrilee H. Salmon
  • Publisher: Cengage Learning
  • ISBN: 9781111841522
  • Category : Logic
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 501

Designed for students with no prior training in logic, INTRODUCTION TO LOGIC AND CRITICAL THINKING, 6E, International Edition 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 subsequent sections on deductive logic and fallacies. 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 critical thinking.

Art of Reasoning: An Introduction to Logic and Critical Thinking

2013-10
Art of Reasoning: An Introduction to Logic and Critical Thinking

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  • Author: David Kelley
  • Publisher: W. W. Norton
  • ISBN: 9780393740080
  • Category : Philosophy
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 626

Students learn logic by practicing it by working through problems, analyzing existing arguments, and constructing their own arguments in plain language and symbolic notation. The Art of Reasoning not only introduces the principles of critical thinking and logic in a clear, accessible, and logical manner thus practicing what it preaches but it also provides ample opportunity for students to hone their skills and master course content.

Critical Thinking

2015-10-22
Critical Thinking

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  • Author: Robert Arp
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
  • ISBN: 1472595696
  • Category : Philosophy
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 457

'You shouldn't drink too much. The Earth is round. Milk is good for your bones.' Are any of these claims true? How can you tell? Can you ever be certain you are right? For anyone tackling philosophical logic and critical thinking for the first time, Critical Thinking: An Introduction to Reasoning Well provides a practical guide to the skills required to think critically. From the basics of good reasoning to the difference between claims, evidence and arguments, Robert Arp and Jamie Carlin Watson cover the topics found in an introductory course. Now revised and fully updated, this Second Edition features a glossary, chapter summaries, more student-friendly exercises, study questions, diagrams, and suggestions for further reading. Topics include: the structure, formation, analysis and recognition of arguments deductive validity and soundness inductive strength and cogency inference to the best explanation truth tables tools for argument assessment informal and formal fallacies With real life examples, advice on graduate school entrance exams and an expanded companion website packed with additional exercises, an answer key and help with real life examples, this easy-to-follow introduction is a complete beginner's tool set to good reasoning, analyzing and arguing. Ideal for students in basic reasoning courses and students preparing for graduate school.

A Concise Introduction to Logic

2017-02-06
A Concise Introduction to Logic

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  • Author: Craig DeLancey
  • Publisher: Open SUNY Textbooks
  • ISBN: 9781942341437
  • Category :
  • Languages : en
  • Pages :