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A workbook for arguments : a complete course in critical thinking / David R. Morrow & Anthony Weston.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Indianapolis : Hackett Pub. Co., 2011.Description: xx, 465 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 1603845496 (pbk.)
  • 9781603845496 (pbk.)
Contained works:
  • Weston, Anthony, 1954- Rulebook for arguments
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 168 MOR
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Standard Loan Moylish Library Main Collection 168 MOR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 39002100465385

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

A Workbook for Arguments builds on Anthony Weston's Rulebook for Arguments to provide a complete textbook for a course in critical thinking or informal logic. Workbook includes:
The entire text of Rulebook , supplemented with extensive further explanations and exercises. Homework exercises adapted from a wide range of arguments from newspapers, philosophical texts, literature, movies, videos, and other sources. Practical advice to help students succeed when applying the Rulebook's rules to the examples in the homework exercises. Suggestions for further practice, outlining activities that students can do by themselves or with classmates to improve their skills. Detailed instructions for in-class activities and take-home assignments designed to engage students. An appendix on mapping arguments, giving students a solid introduction to this vital skill in constructing complex and multi-step arguments and evaluating them. Model answers to odd-numbered problems, including commentaries on the strengths and weaknesses of selected sample answers and further discussion of some of the substantive intellectual, philosophical, or ethical issues they raise.

The Workbook contains the entire text of the fourth edition of the Rulebook, while supplementing this core text with extensive further explanations and exercises.

Includes index.

Author notes provided by Syndetics

David R. Morrow is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

Anthony Weston is Professor of Philosophy and Environmental Studies at Elon University.

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