THE POWER OF CRITICAL THINKING: Effective Reasoning About Ordinary and Extraordi

Table of Contents: Basics 1 The Power of Critical Thinking 2 The "Environment" of Critical Thinking 3 Making Sense of Arguments Reasons 4 Reasons for Belief and Doubt 5 Faulty Reasoning Arguments 6 Deductive Reasoning: Propositional Logic 7 Deductive Reasoning: Categorical Logic 8 Inductive Reasoning Explanations 9 Inference to the Best Explanation 10 Judging Scientific Theories 11 Judging Moral Arguments and Theories Appendix A: Essays for Evaluation Appendix B: Answers to Exercises