Good Arguments: An Introduction to Critical ThinkingProceeds from critical thinking in everyday life to critical thinking in academic fields, with chapters outlining the types of evidence in science, the social sciences and the humanities. This text offers a description of critical thinking as comparison of formulas of critical thinking. |
Contents
Issue Conclusion and Reason | 13 |
Do the Reasons Make Sense as Reasons? | 21 |
How to Create Alternative Arguments | 32 |
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