Critical Thinking: A Student's Introduction 6/e
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- ISBN：9781260547818
- 作者：Gregory Bassham, William Irwin, Henry Nardone, James M. Wallace
- 版次：6
- 年份：2019
- 出版商：McGraw-Hill
- 頁數/規格：538頁/平裝雙色
- 參考網頁：Critical Thinking: A Student's Introduction 6/e
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How Can We Make Sense of It All?
In a hyperconnected digital world buzzing with both information and disinformation, fact and spin, critical thinking has never been more challenging or important. This popular, learner-friendly text gives today's students the critical reasoning tools they need to survive and thrive-in school, in their careers, and in life. It covers all the basics of critical thinking, using class-tested real-world examples and a proven step-by-step approach. Its comprehensiveness allows instructors to tailor the material to their individual teaching styles, resulting in an exceptionally versatile text.
In a hyperconnected digital world buzzing with both information and disinformation, fact and spin, critical thinking has never been more challenging or important. This popular, learner-friendly text gives today's students the critical reasoning tools they need to survive and thrive-in school, in their careers, and in life. It covers all the basics of critical thinking, using class-tested real-world examples and a proven step-by-step approach. Its comprehensiveness allows instructors to tailor the material to their individual teaching styles, resulting in an exceptionally versatile text.
New to the Sixth Edition
- The chapter on Thinking Critically about the Media has been reorganized and thoroughly rewritten to take account of rapid, seismic changes in social media, advertising, and the news media.
- Over a dozen new readings have been added and many older readings have been replaced.
- Several chapters have been streamlined, and there is expanded coverage of fallacies and impediments to critical thinking.
- New and updated examples and exercises have been added throughout the text.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction to Critical Thinking
Chapter 2: Recognizing Arguments
Chapter 3: Basic Logical ConceptsChapter 4: Language
Chapter 5: Logical Fallacies--1Chapter 6: Logical Fallacies--2
Chapter 7: Analyzing Arguments
Chapter 8: Evaluating Arguments and Truth Claims
Chapter 9: A Little Categorical Logic
Chapter 10: A Little Propositional Logic
Chapter 11: Inductive Reasoning
Chapter 12: Finding, Evaluating and Using Sources
Chapter 13: Writing Argumentative Essays
Chapter 14: Thinking Critically about the Media
Chapter 15: Science and Pseudoscience
Appendix: The Six Habits of Effective Problem-SolversAnswers to Selected Exercises
Chapter 1: Introduction to Critical Thinking
Chapter 2: Recognizing Arguments
Chapter 3: Basic Logical ConceptsChapter 4: Language
Chapter 5: Logical Fallacies--1Chapter 6: Logical Fallacies--2
Chapter 7: Analyzing Arguments
Chapter 8: Evaluating Arguments and Truth Claims
Chapter 9: A Little Categorical Logic
Chapter 10: A Little Propositional Logic
Chapter 11: Inductive Reasoning
Chapter 12: Finding, Evaluating and Using Sources
Chapter 13: Writing Argumentative Essays
Chapter 14: Thinking Critically about the Media
Chapter 15: Science and Pseudoscience
Appendix: The Six Habits of Effective Problem-SolversAnswers to Selected Exercises
