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Critical reflection : a textbook for critical thinking / Malcolm Murray, Nebojsa Kujundzic.

In an era of information overload, our need to learn how to critically evaluate the growing flood of information has never been greater. This title showcases the role of reason in a world saturated by media-enhanced persuasion and complex scientific and technological jargon.

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Bibliographic Details
Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Murray, R. Malcolm (Robert Malcolm), 1959-
Other Authors: Kujundzic, Nebojsa, 1959-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©2005.
Subjects:
Critical thinking > Textbooks.
Reasoning > Textbooks.
Critical thinking.
Reasoning.
Textbooks.
Table of Contents:
  • pt. 1. Argument structure. 1. Overview
  • 2. Argument components
  • 3. Mapping an argument
  • pt. 2. Meaning. 4. Language use
  • 5. Definitions
  • pt. 3. Truth. 6. Acceptability conditions
  • pt. 4. Logic. 7. Categorical logic: translation
  • 8. Categorical logic: validity
  • 9. Propositional logic: translation
  • 10. Propositional logic: validity
  • pt. 5. Induction. 11. Causation and probability
  • 12. Science
  • 13. Arguments by analogy
  • pt. 6 Fallacies. 14. Fallacies
  • Appendices. 1. Answers to select questions
  • 2. A bad essay: "Vegetarianism and moral duty"
  • 3. Hints for writing philosophy papers.

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