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" The power of critical thinking : "
Lewis Vaughn
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BL
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| Record Number
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712184
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b534373
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| Main Entry
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Vaughn, Lewis
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| Title & Author
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The power of critical thinking : : effective reasoning about ordinary and extraordinary claims /\ Lewis Vaughn
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| Edition Statement
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Second edition
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Oxford University Press,, 2008
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xix, 540 pages :: illustrations (some color) ;; 26 cm
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| ISBN
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0195320417
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: 9780195320411
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 525-528) and index
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| Contents
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The power of critical thinking -- The "environment" of critical thinking -- Making sense of arguments -- Reasons for belief and doubt -- Faulty reasoning -- Deductive reasoning : propositional logic -- Deductive reasoning : categorical logic -- Inductive reasoning -- Inference to the best explanation -- Judging scientific theories -- Judging moral arguments and theories -- Appendix A: Essays for evaluation -- Appendix B: Answers to exercises
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| Abstract
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This text explores the essentials of critical reasoning, argumentation, logic, and argumentative essay writing while also incorporating material on important topics that most other texts leave out
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| Subject
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Critical thinking
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| Dewey Classification
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160
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| LC Classification
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BC177.V38 2008
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