Peg Tittle – författare

In Critical Thinking: An Appeal to Reason, Peg Tittle empowers students with a solid grounding in the lifelong skills of considered analysis and argumentation that should underpin every student’s education. Starting with the building blocks of a good argument, this comprehensive new textbook offers a full course in critical thinking. It includes chapters on the nature and structure of argument, the role of relevance, truth and generalizations, and the subtleties of verbal and visual language.

Special features include:

• an emphasis on the constructive aspect of critical thinking—strengthening the arguments of others and constructing sound arguments of your own—rather than an exclusive focus on spotting faulty arguments• actual questions from standardized reasoning tests like the LSAT, GMAT, MCAT, and GRE• graduated end-of-chapter exercises, asking students to think critically about what they see, hear, read, write, and discuss• numerous sample arguments from books, magazines, television, and the Internet for students to analyze• many images for critical analysis• analyzed arguments that help students to read critically and actively• an extensive companion website for instructors and students

A companion website features:

• for instructors: an extensive instructor’s manual; a test bank; and PowerPoint slides• for students: extended answers, explanations, and analyses for the exercises and arguments in the book; supplementary chapters on logic and ethics; downloadable MP3 study guides; interactive flash cards; and thinking critically audio exercises.

www.routledge.com/textbooks/tittle

In Critical Thinking: An Appeal to Reason, Peg Tittle empowers students with a solid grounding in the lifelong skills of considered analysis and argumentation that should underpin every student’s education. Starting with the building blocks of a good argument, this comprehensive new textbook offers a full course in critical thinking. It includes chapters on the nature and structure of argument, the role of relevance, truth and generalizations, and the subtleties of verbal and visual language.

Special features include:

• an emphasis on the constructive aspect of critical thinking—strengthening the arguments of others and constructing sound arguments of your own—rather than an exclusive focus on spotting faulty arguments• actual questions from standardized reasoning tests like the LSAT, GMAT, MCAT, and GRE• graduated end-of-chapter exercises, asking students to think critically about what they see, hear, read, write, and discuss• numerous sample arguments from books, magazines, television, and the Internet for students to analyze• many images for critical analysis• analyzed arguments that help students to read critically and actively• an extensive companion website for instructors and students

A companion website features:

• for instructors: an extensive instructor’s manual; a test bank; and PowerPoint slides• for students: extended answers, explanations, and analyses for the exercises and arguments in the book; supplementary chapters on logic and ethics; downloadable MP3 study guides; interactive flash cards; and thinking critically audio exercises.

www.routledge.com/textbooks/tittle

What If. . .Collected Thought Experiments in Philosophy is a brief collection of over 100 classic and contemporary “thought experiments,” each exploring an important philosophical argument. These thought experiments introduce students to the kind of disciplined thought required in philosophy, and awaken their intellectual curiosity. Featuring a clear and conversational writing style that doesn''t dilute the ideas, the value of the book is in its simplicity–in both format and tone. Each thought experiment is accompanied by commentary from the author that explains its importance and provides thought-provoking questions, all encapsulated on two pages.

What If. . .Collected Thought Experiments in Philosophy is a brief collection of over 100 classic and contemporary “thought experiments,” each exploring an important philosophical argument. These thought experiments introduce students to the kind of disciplined thought required in philosophy, and awaken their intellectual curiosity. Featuring a clear and conversational writing style that doesn''t dilute the ideas, the value of the book is in its simplicity–in both format and tone. Each thought experiment is accompanied by commentary from the author that explains its importance and provides thought-provoking questions, all encapsulated on two pages.

Should you need a license in order to become a parent? What''s wrong with calling people Ms. and Mr.? Why is casual day at the office insulting? Why should you take down the flag? Is women''s fiction really women''s fiction? Should we have professional jurors?   Why should you boycott marriage? Why shouldn''t athletes take performance-enhancing drugs?

Philosophy with attitude.

Because the unexamined life is dangerous.

"... smart, witty essays that challenge the intellect ... her razor sharp words will slice and dice the cerebral jugular." Laura Salkin, thinkspin.com

"... It''s all thought-provoking, and whether or not you''ll end up agreeing with her conclusions, her essays make for fascinating reading." Erin O''Riordan

"Tittle''s pieces are atypical of philosophical writing in the best ways: of interest to non-specialists, yet instructive and profound, yet entertaining." Ron Cooper, Professor of Philosophy 

"... a passionate, stylistically-engaging writer ..." George, Amazon

Note: All of the pieces in the Shit that Pisses Me Off series (4 volumes) have been anthologized in either Sexist Shit that Pisses Me Off (2nd edn) or Just ... Think about It! (2nd edn), along with almost a hundred additional pieces (in each case), and both are available in eformat and paperback.

Why do men spit (and women don''t)? What''s the real problem with cellphones? What''s wrong with wedding leave? Do you remember Grade Ten History? Why isn''t being a soldier more like being a mother? What did God really promise? And let''s talk about sex...

Philosophy with attitude.

Because the unexamined life is dangerous.

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"Tittle''s pieces are atypical of philosophical writing in the best ways: of interest to non-specialists, yet instructive and profound, yet entertaining." Ron Cooper, Professor of Philosophy

"... a passionate, stylistically-engaging writer ..." George, Amazon

Note: All of the pieces in the Shit that Pisses Me Off series (4 volumes) have been anthologized in either Sexist Shit that Pisses Me Off (2nd edn) or Just ... Think about It! (2nd edn), along with almost a hundred additional pieces (in each case), and both are available in eformat and paperback.

Pregnant men, paying stay-at-home moms, advertising, income tax deductions, people skills, boy books, speech codes, porn, god, testicular battery and tranquilizer guns, the Academy Awards, intelligent design and evolution...

Philosophy with an attitude. Because the unexamined life is dangerous.

"Tittle''s pieces are atypical of philosophical writing in the best ways: of interest to non-specialists, yet instructive and profound, yet entertaining." Ron Cooper, Professor of Philosophy 

"... a passionate, stylistically-engaging writer ..." George, Amazon

Note: All of the pieces in the Shit that Pisses Me Off series (4 volumes) have been anthologized in either Sexist Shit that Pisses Me Off (2nd edn) or Just ... Think about It! (2nd edn), along with almost a hundred additional pieces (in each case), and both are available in eformat and paperback.

War rape, profit, baby androids, tax exemptions for churches, make-up, having kids, assisted suicide, abortion, grades inflation, littering, business ethics...

Philosophy with an attitude. 

Because the unexamined life is dangerous.

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"Tittle''s pieces are atypical of philosophical writing in the best ways: of interest to non-specialists, yet instructive and profound, yet entertaining." Ron Cooper, Professor of Philosophy 

"... a passionate, stylistically-engaging writer ..." George, Amazon

Note: All of the pieces in the Shit that Pisses Me Off series (4 volumes) have been anthologized in either Sexist Shit that Pisses Me Off (2nd edn) or Just ... Think about It! (2nd edn), along with almost a hundred additional pieces (in each case), and both are available in eformat and paperback.

A collection of think pieces on a variety of topics: the environment (the concept of garbage, climate change as entertainment, whether water can be owned, ...), business (the limits of advertising, business in denial, ...), individual rights and social issues (making certain words illegal, slutwalks, cultural anarchy, noise trespass, ...) ethics (selling one''s organs, euthanasia, legislating prenatal care, ...), education (the failure of ...), and so on. 

... It''s all thought-provoking, and whether or not you''ll end up agreeing with her conclusions, her essays make for fascinating reading." Erin O''Riordan

"Tittle''s pieces are atypical of philosophical writing in the best ways: of interest to non-specialists, yet instructive and profound, yet entertaining." Ron Cooper, Professor of Philosophy 

"... a passionate, stylistically-engaging writer ..." George, Amazon

THE 2nd EDITION includes all of the pieces in this 1st edition, plus an additional 70 pieces -- FOR THE SAME PRICE.

The title says it all.

110 pieces say it in more detail.

Philosophy with an attitude. Because the unexamined life is dangerous.

"Woh. This book is freaking awesome and I demand a sequel." Anonymous, about the first edition of Sexist Shit that Pisses Me Off

"I recommend this book to both women and men. It will open your eyes ... " Seregon, Goodreads

What if one day, all of the women suddenly disappeared, leaving the men to take their places, fill their roles, do what they did. What would happen? How would the men react?

CATEGORY FINALIST FOR THE ERIC HOFFER AWARD 2021

"... a powerful and introspective dystopia .... It is a book I truly recommend for a book club as the discussions could be endless .... " Mesca Elin, Psychochromatic Redemption

"Unlike far too many novels, this one will make you think, make you uncomfortable, and then make you reread it .... " C. Osborne moonspeaker.ca

"I bought this today and just finished reading it (I couldn''t stop btw). It''s amazing, powerful, sad, devastating, funny, angering ... and I wish everyone could read it." Anonymous by request

"Tittle''s book hits you hard .... " D. Sohi, Goodreads

"I read this book from cover to cover in one afternoon, pulled inexorably along by the readable style and careful pacing. I then spent a long time staring at a wall, recovering from the free-fall, hurtling journey, coming to the conclusion that this book must be read." Shefali Sequeira, 4w

"I absolutely enjoyed it. There were times when I was thinking ''There''s no way this would happen,'' but then I''d check the references at the back and sure enough there it was." Sarah Rean

What do women want? To understand why. And so a rape victim confronts her assailants, asking them, pushing them, to explain why they did what they did. It does not go as expected.

A must-read for men and women alike.

"Edgy, insightful, terrific writing, propelled by rage against rape. Tittle writes in a fast-paced, dialogue-driven style that hurtles the reader from one confrontation to the next. Chock full of painful social observations .... " Hank Pellissier, Director of Humanist Global Charity

"This is not an easy book to read, and there are times when you just have to close the book and breathe. ..." Mesca Elin, Psychochromatic Redemption

"[Impact] it made me think (and will so for a long time) about the woman''s place in society, about how men see us ..." Alexandra, Goodreads

" ... The idea of pinning down the inflictors of this terror is quite appealing .... " Alison Lashinsky

"A deftly scripted novella by an author with a genuine flair for a riveting narrative style of storytelling that will engage the dedicated attention for women and men from first page to last, Impact effectively showcases the personal and social consequences of misogyny ... While highly recommended for community, college, and university library Contemporary General Fiction collections, it should be noted for personal reading lists that Impact is also readily available in a digital book format." Micah Andrew, Midwest Book Review

In a near-future, ''gender recognition'' legislation is repealed, and it becomes illegal for males to identify as females and females to identify as males. However, due in part to the continued conflation of sex and gender and in part to the insistence that gender align with sex, it also becomes illegal for males to be feminine and females to be masculine. A gender identity dystopia. 

CATEGORY FINALIST FOR THE ERIC HOFFER AWARD 2021

"A little bit of 1984, a touch of The Handmaid''s Tale ..."  Alexandra, Goodreads

"Great premise. Great dialogue." sojourner_truth, ovarit.com

"A gripping read." Katya, Goodreads

The title says it all.

A collection of close to two hundred exposes and analyses of everyday sexist shit (and gender shit, since gender is aligned with sex) that pisses me off.

Includes pieces previously published in The Philosophers'' Magazine, Philosophy Now, Herizons, fbomb.org, Humanist in Canada, and Victoria Times Colonist, as well as a great many previously unpublished pieces.

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"I recommend this book be read slowly, a little bit at a time; there''s so much to take in, and the emotional impact can be intense. Sexist Shit that Pisses Me Off would be a great book to share with family, friends, and a book club." Karen Siddall, Amazon

"Woh. This book is freaking awesome and I demand a sequel." Anonymouse, barnesandnoble.com (about the 1st edn)

"I recommend this book to both women and men. It will open your eyes ..." Seregon, Goodreads

A collection of think pieces on a variety of topics: the environment, business, rights and responsibilities, social issues, ethics, education, sports, religion, and so on.

An omnibus of the four Shit that Pisses Me Off volumes,* plus over a hundred additional pieces.

* minus the pieces that address sexism, which are anthologized in Sexist Shit that Pisses Me Off, along with a great many additional pieces.

Includes pieces previously published in The Philosophers'' Magazine, Philosophy Now, Humanist in Canada, and Victoria Times Colonist, as well as several previously unpublished pieces.

Note that the 2nd edn includes almost all of the pieces in the 1st edn, plus more than eighty additional pieces. So if you''ve purchased the first edition of Just ... Think about It (or more than one volume of Shit that Pisses Me Off), contact me (through pegtittle.com), and I''ll send you a copy of the second edition for free (because hey, you''ve already purchased much of it!). (Due to printing and postage costs, this offer applies only to the epub and pdf formats.)   

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"An excellent collection of thought-provoking essays and short pieces. Just Think about It! (2nd edn) covers an amazingly wide range of topics that really made me think and reconsider my life, my choices, and our business-as-usual world. So much of what we are bombarded with on social media and mass media, so-called "op-eds," are just a lot of noise; this author provides something very different. These are thought pieces, succinctly and logically presented for one''s consideration. I came away feeling like I''d had a meaningful interaction and I really enjoyed and appreciated it." Karen Siddall, Amazon 4/5

"Tittle''s pieces are atypical of philosophical writing in the best ways: of interest to non-specialists, yet instructive and profound, yet entertaining." Ron Cooper, Professor of Philosophy 

"... a passionate, stylistically-engaging writer ..." George, Amazon

Jess used to be a man. Then he found himself in a female body. It wasn''t funny. (Why would anyone even think it was?)

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"There''s a scene in Tootsie (1982) that is surely one of the most unacclaimed scenes of all time: Dustin Hoffman''s character, Michael, as ''Dorothy'', makes a suggestion on the set, and the director dismisses it out of hand. As I remember it, Hoffman''s face-conveying surprise, confusion, indignation-shows perfectly Michael''s reaction to the absence of (and, just maybe, awareness of) male entitlement/privilege. The entire movie should''ve been about that. Just that. It wasn''t. And so I wrote Jess."

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"[Jess''] perspective on being a girl and woman while having memories of being a man offers an understanding I''d never thought of. Really interesting book." poolays, LibraryThing

"Very interesting book. ... Definitely worth reading." Dan, Goodreads