| Edition |
Twelfth edition. |
| Description |
xxxv, 755 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Contents |
Critical thinking -- Critical reading: getting started -- Critical reading: getting deeper into arguments -- Visual rhetoric: thinking about images as arguments -- Writing an analysis of an argument -- Developing an argument of your own -- Using sources -- A philosopher's view : the Toulmin model -- A logician's view : deduction, induction, fallacies -- A psychologist's view : Rogerian argument -- A literary critic's view: arguing about literature -- A debater's view: oral presentations and debate -- Student loans : should some indebtedness be forgiven? -- Are algorithms biased (or are we)? -- (Un)safe spaces: can we tolerate intolerant speech on campus? -- The current state of childhood: is "helicopter parenting" the problem with millennials? -- Genetic modification of human beings : is it acceptable? -- Military service: should it be required? -- College education : what is its purpose? -- Race and criminal justice: is the system broken? -- The ethics of appropriation: is it ok to copy? -- Online versus IRL: how has social networking changed how we relate to one another? -- Immigration: what is to be done? -- #MeToo: (how) has society changed for women? -- American democracy: is the nation in danger? -- What is the ideal society? -- How and why do we create the "other"? -- What is happiness? |
| Subject |
Reasoning.
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Reasoning. |
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Logic.
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Logic. |
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Social ethics.
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Social ethics. |
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Religion.
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Religion. |
| Added Author |
Bedau, Hugo Adam.
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O'Hara, John, 1974-
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| ISBN |
131919818X (paperback) |
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9781319198183 (paperback) |
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1319281400 |
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9781319281403 |
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