Good Reasoning Matters!: A Constructive Approach to Critical ThinkingOffering an innovative approach to critical thinking, Good Reasoning Matters! identifies the essential structure of good arguments in a variety of contexts and also provides guidelines to help students construct their own effective arguments. In addition to examining the most common features of faulty reasoning--slanting, bias, propaganda, vagueness, ambiguity, and a common failure to consider opposing points of view--the book introduces a variety of argument schemes and rhetorical techniques. This edition adds material on visual arguments and more exercises. |
Contents
Pointing the | 33 |
Filling in the Blanks | 51 |
Saying What You Mean | 84 |
Copyright | |
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