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A Concise Introduction to Logic
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Patrick J Hurley
This text is appropriate for Introduction to Logic, Critical Reasoning, Advanced Logic, and informal Logic courses. Acclaimed in all six prior editions for being clear, concise, and comprehensive, Hurley's A Concise Introduction to Logic covers all of the standard topics for any Introductory Logic course in neatly-packaged learning units. Known ...
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Introduction to logic
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Irving M. Copi
Easy-to-read, visually appealing, and chock full of real-world applications, this most complete and authoritative book on introductory logic fully prepares users to understand, recognize, and apply classical syllogistic logic and the more powerful techniques of modern symbolic logic--explaining all concepts and techniques clearly, accurately, and ...
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How to Argue and Win Every Time: At Home, at Work, in Court, Everywhere, Every Day
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Gerry L Spence
Writer and attorney Gerry Spencer, who has never lost a criminal trial in his career, presents his ten laws of arguing. From using fear as an ally in public speaking to the importance of hiding emotions to learning to use words as weapons, How to Argue and Win Every Time shows readers how to successfully state their cases and make the winning ...
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Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid
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Douglas R Hofstadter
First published in 1979, this is a genuine interdisciplinary work of nonfiction, with dozens of historical references and subtexts. Critics and reviewers have summed up its meaning in varying ways, yet consistently with praise. A mixture of art, philosophy, music, math, technology, and cognitive science, the book's title only reflects one aspect ...
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Critique of Pure Reason
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Immanuel Kant
Kant devoted over 10 years to writing the "Critique of Pure Reason", one of the fundamental works in all of Western philosophy. In it, Kant considers basic philosophical questions--the nature of reason, experience, science, morality, religion, truth, and reality--and attempts to reconcile the two dominant philosophical schools of his day: the ...
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A Rulebook for Arguments
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Anthony Weston
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Asking the Right Questions: A Guide to Critical Thinking
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M Neil Browne
This popular book helps readers understand the difference between blindly accepting information and critical analysis and synthesis. It teaches how to react rationally to alternate points of view and develop a foundation for making personal choices about what to accept and what to reject in what we see and hear. Focusing on the question-asking ...
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Six thinking hats
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Edward de Bono
"The main difficulty of thinking is confusion. We try to do too much at once. Emotions, information, logic, hope, and creativity all crowd in on us. It is like juggling with too many balls". The solution? Edward de Bono unscrambles the decision-making process with his "six thinking hats": White Hat: white is neutral and objective, concerned with ...
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Current Issues and Enduring Questions: A Guide to Critical Thinking and Argument, with Readings
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Sylvan Barnet
Two books in one: the first, a concise text that introduces students to classic and contemporary approaches to argument; the second, a comprehensive reader of 132 selections with two anthologies -- a longer one built around 13 contemporary controversial topics and a shorter one addressing three classic philosophical questions.
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Tractatus logico-philosophicus
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Ludwig Wittgenstein
In his proposal of the solution to most philosophic problems by means of a critical method of linguistic analysis, Wittgenstein sets the stage for the development of logical positivism. Introduction by Bertrand Russell.
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Critical Thinking
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Brooke Noel Moore
This on-line learning tool includes a list of learning objectives for each chapter; exercises, quizzes, and review quizzes (auto-graded) for each chapter; a glossary with links to relevant Web sites; tutorials for each chapter; and a critical thinking diagnostic test. Required reading for more than 250,000 students since the publication of the ...
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Logic of Scientific Discovery
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Karl Popper
When first published in 1959, this book revolutionized contemporary thinking about science and knowledge. It remains the one of the most widely read books about science to come out of the twentieth century.
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Finite and Infinite Games: A Vision of Life as Play and Possibility
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James P. Carse
A fascinating meditation on life as a contest of games to be completed and games to be continued--and on what lies beyond winning and losing.
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How We Know What Isn't So
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Thomas Gilovich
Gilovich illustrates his points with vivid examples and supports them with the latest research findings in a wise and readable guide to the fallacy of the obvious in everyday life.
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How to Heal Depression
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Harold H Bloomfield, M.D.
This book is a great introduction to depression for readers who may be unsure about whether someone they know is suffering from the disease. Harold H. Bloomfield and Peter McWilliams dispel any doubt that depression is, in fact, a disease, not laziness or the sign of a weak mind. According to the authors, depression is the result of a ...
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How to Think about Weird Things: Critical Thinking for a New Age
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Theodore Schick, Lewis Vaughn
This brief, inexpensive text helps students think critically, using examples from the weird claims and beliefs that abound in our culture to demonstrate the sound evaluation of any claim. The authors focus on types of logical arguments and proofs, making How to Think about Weird Things a versatile supplement for logic, critical thinking, ...
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Critique of practical reason
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Immanuel Kant
The second of Kant's three "critiques" ("Critique of Pure Reason" was first, and "Critique of Judgment", in 1790, the last), which together make up a seminal work of moral philosophy. In this volume, Kant lays out the themes of his theory of morality, his notion of the freedom of the human will, and his metaphysical agenda.
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Power of Logic
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Charles S Layman
Intended for the first course in logic, The Power of Logic (POL) is written with the conviction that logic is the most important course that college students take. POL preserves the balance between informal and formal logic. Layman’s direct and accessible writing style, along with his plentiful examples, imaginative exercises, and POL’s ...
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A Practical Study of Argument
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Trudy Govier
Learn to formulate better arguments with A PRACTICAL STUDY OF ARGUMENT! Providing you with a practical introduction to sound argumentation, this philosophy text gives you the tools you need to understand formal logic and formulate a good argument. Real world examples are included to show you how theory is brought to life in everyday practice. ...
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Conjectures and Refutations: The Growth of Scientific Knowledge
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Karl Popper
Conjectures and Refutations is a volume of classic essays by Karl Popper in which he expounds his fallibilist theory of knowledge and scientific discovery and applies it to a range of concerns, from political theory to the mind-body problem.
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The Philosophy of Language
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Aloysius Martinich (Editor)
What is meaning? What is the relationship between language and the world? How is linguistic communication possible? This comprehensive anthology contains thirty-seven of the most important articles in the philosophy of language, including both classic articles by such philosophers as Gottlob Frege, Bertrand Russell, J.L. Austin, W.V. Quine, and P ...
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Critical Thinking, Reading, and Writing: A Brief Guide to Argument
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Sylvan Barnet
The collaborative effort of a professor of English and a professor of Philosophy, this concise but comprehensive guide to argument is ideal for bringing critical thinking into any writing or literature course. With 54 readings on current and classic topics, Critical Thinking, Reading, and Writing helps students make the move from critical thinking ...
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Impending Crisis
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David M Potter
Chapter One" American Nationalism Achieves an Ominous Fulfillment" On Saturday evening, February 19, 1848, a little after dusk, a special courier arrived in Washington at the end of a remarkably rapid journey from Mexico City. He had left the Mexican capital scarcely two weeks earlier, had hastened through the mountains and down to Vera Cruz, ...
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The Power of Critical Thinking: Effective Reasoning about Ordinary and Extraordinary Claims
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Lewis Vaughn
Enhanced by many innovative exercises, examples, and pedagogical features, The Power of Critical Thinking: Effective Reasoning About Ordinary and Extraordinary Claims provides a clear-cut introduction to the subject. Author Lewis Vaughn explores the essentials of critical reasoning, argumentation, logic, and argumentative essay writing while also ...
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Logic and Contemporary Rhetoric: The Use of Reason in Everyday Life
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Howard Kahane
This leading text introduces students to good reasoning using a wealth of current, relevant, and stimulating examples all put together in Howard Kahane's uniquely witty and invigorating writing style that makes this the book of choice for keeping students interested. Combined with examples from TV, newspapers, magazines, advertisements, and of ...
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