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" Critical thinking unleashed / "
Elliot D. Cohen
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659276
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Cohen, Elliot D
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Critical thinking unleashed /\ Elliot D. Cohen
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| Publication Statement
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Lanham, Md. :: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers,, c2009
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xiv, 402 p. :: ill. ;; 26 cm
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9780742564312 (cloth : alk. paper)
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: 0742564312 (cloth : alk. paper)
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: 9780742564329 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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: 0742564320 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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: 9781442200050 (e-book)
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: 1442200057 (e-book)
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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| Contents
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Pt. I. Kinds of reasoning -- 1. The nuts and bolts of reasoning -- 2. Deductive reasoning -- 3. Hypothetical syllogisms -- 4. Disjunctive syllogisms -- 5. Truth-functional logic -- 6. Categorical statements -- 7. Immediate deductions -- 8. Categorical syllogisms -- 9. Generalization -- 10. Predictions -- 11. Testimonials -- 12. Inductive hypothesis -- 13. Causation -- 14. Behavioral reasoning -- 15. Refutation in practical reasoning -- 16. Emotional reasoning -- pt. II. Informal fallacies -- 17. Inferences from "must", "awful" and "cant" -- 18. Damming thoughts and dutiful worrying -- 19. Bandwagon arguments -- 20. Emotional appeals -- 21. Irrelevant Appeals -- 22. Sophistical arguments -- Appendix A: Venn diagrams
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"From alcohol and drug addiction to rage on national highways and in airports, many human beings have kept themselves in perpetual turmoil and despair. From encroachment on individual rights and liberties to wars of attrition and mass genocide, human history has continually repeated itself due to a failure to see the light. Containing numerous skill-building exercises, Critical Thinking Unleashed seeks to cultivate the reasoning skills required to overcome such destructive human tendencies and to live meaningful and productive lives in a democratic society. In contrast to other treatments of practical reasoning, Elliot D. Cohen not only teaches students how to identify and refute irrational premises_he also teaches them how to construct rational antidotes to combat the personal, social, and political obstacles they confront in everyday life. Moreover, Cohen encourages students to use the theories and ideas embodied in the history of philosophy in order to construct these rational guides, drawing examples from many contemporary sources. Demonstrating the practical relevance and import of many historically significant philosophers (e.g. Socrates, Aristotle, Epictetus, Hume, Kant, Mill, Sartre, and Nietzsche), the book presents a practical, non-technical, and comprehensive approach to critical thinking."--Provided by publisher
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Critical thinking, Textbooks
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B809.2.C65 2009
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