Critical thinking : a concise guide / Tracy Bowell and Gary Kemp.
Critical thinking : a concise guide / Tracy Bowell and Gary Kemp.
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London : Routledge, 2002.
Date
2002.
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T0357400
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English
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x, 275 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Contents
Ch. 1. Why should we become critical thinkers? -- Ch. 2. Logic: deductive validity -- Ch. 3. Logic: inductive force -- Ch. 4. Rhetorical ploys and fallacies -- Ch. 5. The practice of argument reconstruction -- Ch. 6. Issues in argument assessment -- Ch. 7. Truth, knowledge and belief.
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London : Routledge, 2002.
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England
Date Published
2002.
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This book is a much-needed guide to thinking skills and above all to thinking critically for oneself. Through clear discussion, students learn the skills required to tell a good argument from a bad one. Key features include: jargon-free discussion of key concepts in argumentation; how to avoid confusions surrounding words such as 'truth', 'knowledg...
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Critical thinking : a concise guide / Tracy Bowell and Gary Kemp.
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Includes index.
Tracey Bowell is lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Waikato, New Zealand.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
State Reference Library copy: transferred from 160/148.
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T0357400
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74Vvb7KqqJWd
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0415240174 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780415240161 (alk. paper)
0415240166 (alk. paper)
9780415240178 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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160
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991014805489702626
