Critical Thinking: An Appeal to Reason

In Critical Thinking: An Appeal to Reason, Peg Tittle empowers students with a solid grounding in the lifelong skills of considered analysis and argumentation that should underpin every student s education. Starting with the building blocks of a good argument, this comprehensive new textbook offers a full course in critical thinking. It includes chapters on the nature and structure of argument, the role of relevance, truth and generalizations, and the subtleties of verbal and visual language.

Special features include:

an emphasis on the constructive aspect of critical thinking strengthening the arguments of others and constructing sound arguments of your own rather than an exclusive focus on spotting faulty arguments
actual questions from standardized reasoning tests like the LSAT, GMAT, MCAT, and GRE
graduated end-of-chapter exercises, asking students to think critically about what they see, hear, read, write, and discuss
numerous sample arguments from books, magazines, television, and the Internet for students to analyze
many images for critical analysis
analyzed arguments that help students to read critically and actively
an extensive companion website for instructors and students

A companion website features:

for instructors: an extensive instructor s manual; a test bank; and PowerPoint slides
for students: extended answers, explanations, and analyses for the exercises and arguments in the book; supplementary chapters on logic and ethics; downloadable MP3 study guides; interactive flash cards; and thinking critically audio exercises.

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Peg Tittle has taught critical thinking and applied ethics at both the university and high school levels. She is the author of What If…Collected Thought Experiments in Philosophy and the editor of Should Parents be Licensed? and Ethical Issues in Business: Enquiries, Cases, and Readings.