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 studentâe(tm)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:âe¢ an emphasis on the constructive aspect of critical thinkingâestrengthening the arguments of others and constructing sound arguments of your ownâerather than an exclusive focus on spotting faulty argumentsâe¢ actual questions from standardized reasoning tests like the LSAT, GMAT, MCAT, and GREâe¢ graduated end-of-chapter exercises, asking students to think critically about what they see, hear, read, write, and discussâe¢ numerous sample arguments from books, magazines, television, and the Internet for students to analyzeâe¢ many images for critical analysisâe¢ analyzed arguments that help students to read critically and activelyâe¢ an extensive companion website for instructors and studentsA companion website features:âe¢ for instructors: an extensive instructorâe(tm)s manual; a test bank; and PowerPoint slidesâe¢ 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