This new and expanded edition explains a distinctive method for analyzing and evaluating arguments. It features many examples, ranging from newspaper articles to extracts from classic texts, and from easy passages to much more difficult ones. It will enable students to think critically about sustained, theoretical arguments commonly encountered in the course of their studies, including arguments about the natural world, society, policy, and philosophy. First Edition Pb (1988): 0-521-31341-4
This new and expanded edition explains a distinctive method for analyzing and evaluating arguments. It features many examples, ranging from newspaper articles to extracts from classic texts, and from easy passages to much more difficult ones. It will enable students to think critically about sustained, theoretical arguments commonly encountered in the course of their studies, including arguments about the natural world, society, policy, and philosophy. First Edition Pb (1988): 0-521-31341-4Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Alec Fisher was Director of the Centre for Research in Critical Thinking at the University of East Anglia, until his retirement in 1999. He is the author of Critical Thinking: An Introduction (Cambridge, 2001), which has already been translated into several languages. He continues to lecture and conduct workshops on reasoning and critical thinking skills all over the world.
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Preface to first edition Preface to second edition Acknowledgements 1. Introduction 2. A general method of argument analysis 3. A first example - from Thomas Malthus 4. Reasoning about nuclear deterrence 5. An example from John Stuart Mill 6. Arguments about God's existence 7. How do your mind and body interact? 8. Suppose for the sake of argument that ... 9. An example from Karl Marx 10. Evaluating scientific arguments: some initial examples 11. Philosophical assumptions Appendix: Elementary formal logic Exercises.
Preface to first edition Preface to second edition Acknowledgements 1. Introduction 2. A general method of argument analysis 3. A first example - from Thomas Malthus 4. Reasoning about nuclear deterrence 5. An example from John Stuart Mill 6. Arguments about God's existence 7. How do your mind and body interact? 8. Suppose for the sake of argument that ... 9. An example from Karl Marx 10. Evaluating scientific arguments: some initial examples 11. Philosophical assumptions Appendix: Elementary formal logic Exercises.
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