How to Think Logically

Name: How to Think Logically
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ISBN: 9780321337771

ISBN-10: 0321337778

ISBN-13: 9780321337771

Edition: 2008

Authors: Susana Nuccetelli, Gary Seay

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This concise, affordable, and engaging new text is designed for introductory courses on logic and critical thinking. This unique book covers the basic principles of informal logic while also raising substantive issues in other areas of philosophy: epistemology, ethics, philosophy of language, and philosophy of science. The author's presentation strikes a careful balance: it offers clear, jargon-free writing while preserving rigor. Brimming with numerous pedagogical features this accessible text assists students with analysis, reconstruction, and evaluation of arguments and helps them become independent, analytical thinkers. Introductory students are exposed to the basic principles of…

Book details

List price: $34.20
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Longman Publishing
Publication date: 8/9/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 592
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English



Preface


About the Authors



The Building Blocks Of Reasoning



What Is Logical Thinking?


And Why Should We Care?



The Study of Reasoning



Inference or Argument



1.2Logic and Reasoning


3 Dimensions of the Subject



Formal Logic



Informal Logic



Exercises



1.3Arguments and Non-Arguments



1.4Argument Analysis



Reconstructing and Evaluating Arguments



Identifying Premises and Conclusion



Premise and Conclusion


Indicators



Arguments with No Premise or Conclusion


Indicator



Exercises



1.5The Philosopher's Corner



What is Philosophical About All This?



Exercises



Writing


Project



1.6Chapter


Summary



1.7Key Words



Thinking Logically and Speaking One's Mind



Rational Acceptability



Logical Connectedness



Evidential Support



Truth and Evidence



2.2Beyond Rational Acceptability



Linguistic Merit



Retorical Power



Rhetoric vs. Logical Thinking