Critical Thinking: A Concise Guide

 Content: Preface to the first edition --
 Preface to the second edition --
 Preface to the third edition --
 Introduction and preview --
 Introducing arguments --
 Linguistic phenomena and rhetorical ploys --
 Logic: deductive validity --
 Logic: inductive force --
 The practice of argument-reconstruction --
 Issues in argument assessment --
 Pseudo-reasoning --
 Truth knowledge and belief.
 Abstract:             
              A guide to argument analysis. It presents an introduction to thinking clearly and rationally for oneself. It tells how to avoid common confusions surrounding words such as 'truth', 'knowledge' and 'opinion'; how to identify and evaluate the most common types of argument; and, how to spot fallacies in arguments and tell good reasoning from bad.                 Read more...