The Power of Critical Thinking
Effective Reasoning About Ordinary and Extraordinary Claims
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Product details:
- Edition number 3
- Publisher OUP USA
- Date of Publication 12 November 2009
- ISBN 9780195377927
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages608 pages
- Language English 0
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Short description:
This is the third edition of Vaughn's
MoreLong description:
The Power of Critical Thinking: Effective Reasoning About Ordinary and Extraordinary Claims, Third Edition, presents the broadest range of tools for today's critical thinking students to apply in any arena, from everyday life to academia, and from science to the media. It explores the essentials of critical reasoning, argumentation, logic, and argumentative essay writing while also incorporating important topics that most other texts leave out, such as "inference to the
best explanation," scientific reasoning, evidence and authority, visual reasoning, and obstacles to critical thinking.
The Power of Critical Thinking, Third Edition, integrates many pedagogical features, including hundreds of diverse exercises, examples, and illustrations; text boxes that apply critical thinking to student experience; step-by-step guidelines for evaluating claims, arguments, and explanations; a glossary of important terms; many reminders, summaries, and review notes; and five progressive, stand-alone writing
modules interspersed throughout the text. Written in a student-friendly style and enhanced by humor, this text is ideal for courses in critical thinking, introduction to logic, informal logic, argumentative writing, and introduction to argumentation.
New to the Third Edition:
* Six new "Essays for Evaluation" (three pairs arranged in a pro/con format, each pair debating a single issue)
* An expanded Chapter 11 on moral reasoning
* New, more instructive photos that encourage critical thinking about visual elements
* More guidance on doing research and judging sources
* A revised text box program that includes "Newsmakers" and "From the Web" in addition to "For Further Thought"
* Updated pop culture and political references and examples--many ripped from the headlines or drawn from everyday life
The Power of Critical Thinking, Third Edition, is supplemented by an Instructor's Manual with Computerized Test Bank (available both in print and on a CD) and a Companion Website at www.oup.com/us/criticalthinking that includes instructor resources and a student study guide.
Table of Contents:
*=New to this Edition
Preface
1. BASICS
1. The Power of Critical Thinking
Why It Matters
How It Works
Summary
Exercises
Field Problems
Self-Assessment Quiz
Critical Thinking and Writing: Module 1
Writing Assignments
* 2. Obstacles to Critical Thinking
* Psychological Obstacles
* Philosophical Obstacles
Summary
Exercises
Field Problems
Self-Assessment Quiz
Integrative Exercises
Critical Thinking and Writing: Module 2
Writing Assignments
3. Making Sense of Arguments
Argument Basics
Judging Arguments
Finding Missing Parts
Argument Patterns
Diagramming Arguments
Assessing Long Arguments
Summary
Field Problems
Self-Assessment Quiz
Integrative Exercises
Critical Thinking and Writing: Module 3
Writing Assignments
2. REASONS
4. Reasons for Belief and Doubt
When Claims Conflict
Experts and Evidence
Personal Experience
Fooling Ourselves
Claims in the News
Advertising and Persuasion
Summary
Exercises
Field Problems
Self-Assessment Quiz
Integrative Exercises
Critical Thinking and Writing: Module 4
Writing Assignments
5. Faulty Reasoning
Irrelevant Premises
Unacceptable Premises
Summary
Exercises
Field Problems
Self-Assessment Quiz
Integrative Exercises
Critical Thinking and Writing: Module 5
Writing Assignments
3. ARGUMENTS
6. Deductive Reasoning: Propositional Logic
Connectives and Truth Values
Checking for Validity
Summary
Field Problems
Self-Assessment Quiz
Integrative Exercises
Writing Assignments
7. Deductive Reasoning: Categorical Logic
Statements and Classes
Translations and Standard Form
Diagramming Categorical Statements
Sizing Up Categorical Syllogisms
Summary
Field Problems
Self-Assessment Quiz
Integrative Exercises
Writing Assignments
8. Inductive Reasoning
Enumerative Induction
Analogical Induction
Causal Arguments
Summary
Field Problems
Self-Assessment Quiz
Integrative Exercises
Writing Assignments
4. EXPLANATIONS
9. Inference to the Best Explanation
Explanations and Inference
Theories and Consistency
Theories and Criteria
Telling Good Theories from Bad
Summary
Field Problems
Self-Assessment Quiz
Integrative Exercises
Writing Assignments
10. Judging Scientific Theories
Science and Not Science
The Scientific Method
Testing Scientific Theories
Judging Scientific Theories
Science and Weird Theories
Making Weird Mistakes
Judging Weird Theories
Summary
Field Problems
Self-Assessment Quiz
Integrative Exercises
Writing Assignments
11. Judging Moral Arguments and Theories
Moral Arguments
* Moral Premises
Moral Theories
A Coherent Worldview
Summary
Exercises
Field Problems
Self-Assessment Quiz
Integrative Exercises
Writing Assignments
Appendix A: Essays for Evaluation
1. "Death Penalty Discriminates Against Black Crime Victims"
2. "Marine Parks"
3. "The Wrong Ruling on Vouchers"
4. "The Kalam Cosmological Argument"
5. "More Innocents Die When We Don't Have Capital Punishment"
6. "Misleading the Patient for Fun and Profit"
7. "Tight Limits on Stem Cells Betray Research Potential"
8. "The Cohabitation Epidemic"
9. "The Demon-Haunted Sentence: A Skeptical Analysis of Reverse Speech"
10. "Amityville: The Horror of It All"
11. "A Deviance from God's Norm"
12. "Marriage Still Evolving, as Ever"
13. "Slouching Toward Chimeras"
14. "The Right to Ridicule"
15. "Time to Think"
* 16. "Torture: Time for Congress to End the Debate"
* 17. "Torture: Severe Interrogations Work"
* 18. "Freedom of Expression: Protect Student Speech-Even 'Unwise' Bong Banner"
* 19. "Freedom of Expression: Policy Reflects Common Sense"
* 20. "Flag Amendment: Congress Nears Choice: Protect Freedom or Stoke Anger?"
* 21. "Flag Amendment: Flag Needs Protection"
Appendix B: Answers to Exercises
Notes
Glossary
Credits
Index
