Critical Thinking

PART 1. CLAIMS AND CREDIBILITY 1. Thinking Critically: It Matters 2. Critical Thinking and Clear Writing 3. Credibility PART II. FALLACIES AND OTHER RHETORICAL DEVICES 4. Persuasion Through Rhetoric 5. More Rhetorical Devices: Psychological and Related Fallacies 6. More Fallacies PART III. ARGUMENTS 7. The Anatomy and Varieties of Arguments 8. Deductive Arguments I: Categorical Logic 9. Deductive Arguments II: Truth-Functional Logic 10. Inductive Arguments 11. Causal Arguments 12. Moral, Legal, and Aesthetic Reasoning Appendixes: Essays for Analysis Top Ten Fallacies of All Time The Scrapbook of Unusual Issues Glossary Answers, Suggestions, and Tips for Triangle Exercises