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Critical Thinking Unleashed
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From alcohol and drug addiction to rage on national highways and in airports, many human beings have kept themselves in perpetual turmoil and despair. From encroachment on individual rights and liberties to wars of attrition and mass genocide, human history has continually repeated itself due to a failure to see the light. Containing numerous skill-building exercises, Critical Thinking Unleashed seeks to cultivate the reasoning skills required to overcome such destructive human tendencies and to live meaningful and productive lives in a democratic society.
In contrast to other treatments of practical reasoning, Elliot D. Cohen not only teaches students how to identify and refute irrational premises-he also teaches them how to construct rational antidotes to combat the personal, social, and political obstacles they confront in everyday life. Moreover, Cohen encourages students to use the theories and ideas embodied in the history of philosophy in order to construct these rational guides, drawing examples from many contemporary sources. Demonstrating the practical relevance and import of many historically significant philosophers (e.g. Socrates, Aristotle, Epictetus, Hume, Kant, Mill, Sartre, and Nietzsche), the book presents a practical, non-technical, and comprehensive approach to critical thinking.
In contrast to other treatments of practical reasoning, Elliot D. Cohen not only teaches students how to identify and refute irrational premises-he also teaches them how to construct rational antidotes to combat the personal, social, and political obstacles they confront in everyday life. Moreover, Cohen encourages students to use the theories and ideas embodied in the history of philosophy in order to construct these rational guides, drawing examples from many contemporary sources. Demonstrating the practical relevance and import of many historically significant philosophers (e.g. Socrates, Aristotle, Epictetus, Hume, Kant, Mill, Sartre, and Nietzsche), the book presents a practical, non-technical, and comprehensive approach to critical thinking.
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Table of contents
- Contents
- Preface to the Student
- 09_259 (02) Intro.indd
- Introduction: Freethinking
- Part I. KINDS OF REASONING
- Chapter 01. The Nuts and Boltsof Reasoning
- Chapter 02. Deductive Reasoning
- Chapter 03. Hypothetical Syllogisms
- Chapter 04. Disjunctive Syllogisms
- Chapter 05. Truth-Functional Logic
- Chapter 06. Categorical Statements
- Chapter 07. Immediate Deductions
- Chapter 08. Categorical Syllogisms
- Chapter 09. Generalization
- Chapter 10. Predictions
- Chapter 11. Testimonials
- Chapter 12. Inductive Hypothesis
- Chapter 13. Causation
- Chaper 14. Behavioral Reasoning
- Chapter 15. Refutation in Practical Reasoning
- Chapter 16. Emotional Reasoning
- Part II. INFORMAL FALLACIES
- Chapter 17. Inferences from “Must,” “Awful,” and “Can’t”
- Chapter 18. Damning Thoughts and Dutiful Worrying
- Chapter 19. Bandwagon Arguments
- Chapter 20. Emotional Appeals
- Chapter 21. Irrelevant Appeals
- Chapter 22. Sophistical Arguments
- Appendix: Venn Diagrams
- Index
