Hard Thinking

The Reintroduction of Logic to Everyday Life

Häftad, Engelska, 1995

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Beskrivning

Too many college students lack the power to reason and argue effectively. Hard Thinking allows students to rebuild their confidence in the possibility of objective reasoning, by challenging contemporary cliches about the limits of objectivity and the relativity of value judgements. An entertaining, clearly written text for courses in logic, rhetoric, critical thinking, and English composition, Hard Thinking presents dialogues that reproduce commonly used 'argument stoppers' (Who are you to think that you know the truth? Isn't it all relative? Isn't it all subjective?), and subjects them to scrutiny. The text teaches students how to avoid the pitfalls of 'soft' or sloppy thinking, enabling them to be better readers, better arguers, and more critical consumers of quantitative data.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1995-04-26
Mått:149 x 228 x 18 mm
Vikt:408 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:328
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9780847680030

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John D. Mullen is professor of philosophy at Dowling College in Oakdale, New York. He is the co-author, with Byron Roth, of Decision Making: Its Logic and Practice (Rowman & Littlefield, 1992).

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Mullen effectively combines logic, epistemology, and good old fashioned common sense. The dialogues and examples are telling; the explanations clear and to the point. The book articulates, defends, and exemplifies all the important features of 'hard thinking'. Many texts purport to aid in the teaching of thinking; this one will clearly succeed.

Innehållsförteckning

Chapter 1 What is Hard Thinking? The Core Language of ReasoningChapter 2 How to Read ArgumentsChapter 3 Myths of Privileged SourcesChapter 4 Hard Thinking About ValuesChapter 5 Mastering LanguageChapter 6 Everyday Fallacies of ReasoningChapter 7 Fallacies of Technical ReasoningChapter 8 Modern Formal LogicChapter 9 Appendix: Aristotle's Herculean Try