The power of critical thinking
Subtitle: effective reasoning about ordinary and extraordinary claims
By: Lewis Vaughn.
Edition: 3rd ed.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780195377927
Subjects: Critical thinking
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: Part I: Basics; title: The power of critical thinking; title: Obstacles to critical thinking; title: Making sense of arguments; title: Part II: Reasons; title: Reasons for belief and doubt; title: Faulty reasoning; title: Part III: Arguments; title: Deductive reasoning : propositional logic; title: Deductive reasoning : categorical logic; title: Inductive reasoning; title: Part IV: Explanations; title: Inference to the best explanation; title: Judging scientific theories; title: Judging moral arguments and theories.