Brooke Noel Moore,
California State University--Chico Richard Parker,
California State University--Chico
ISBN: 0073386677 Copyright year: 2009
New to this Edition
Streamlined and more focused coverage in Chapter 1 provides students with a clearer focus for the course and why critical thinking skills are important.
Expanded coverage of critical analysis of visuals. Key images are now accompanied by captions and critical thinking questions that clarify the relevance of the images and encourage analysis of visuals.
Many of the hundreds of examples and anecdotes drawn from politics, sports, technology, entertainment, and academia have been updated, revised, and broadened to provide greater balance among types of examples discussed.
New and revised exercises include more objective questions and continue to provide guided practice in applying important critical thinking skills, and involving students in active learning.
A fully updated Online Learning Center offers a wealth of additional exercises and resources for students and instructors, including chapter overviews and objectives, Frequently Asked Questions, tips and help with exercises, a glossary, and flash cards. For instructors there is a detailed instructor’s manual, answers to exercises, PowerPoint presentations, and content for use with CPS, the interactive classroom performance system by eInstruction.
Standard-setting presentation of critical thinking issues: persuasion, rhetoric, fallacies, categorical logic, truth-functional logic, inductive arguments, causal arguments, and moral, legal, and aesthetic reasoning.
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