PCT



PREFACE XV

Part One BASICS
CHAPTER 1 The Power of Critical Thinking 3
CHAPTER 2 Obstacles to Critical Thinking 30
CHAPTER 3 Making Sense of Arguments 58

Part Two REASONS
CHAPTER 4 Reasons for Belief and Doubt 109
CHAPTER 5 Fallacies and Persuaders 155

Part Three ARGUMENTS
CHAPTER 6 Deductive Reasoning: Propositional Logic 193
CHAPTER 7 Deductive Reasoning: Categorical Logic 230
CHAPTER 8 Inductive Reasoning 264

Part Four EXPLANATIONS
CHAPTER 9         Inference to the Best Explanation 319
CHAPTER 10 Judging Scientific Theories 366
CHAPTER 11 Critical Thinking in Morality and the Law 421

APPENDIX A Essays for Evaluation 453
APPENOIX B Answers to Exercises 505
APPENOIX C Answers to Self-Assessment Quizzes 525
APPENOIX D Critical Thinking and Writing 539
NOTES 555

GLOSSARY 559
CREDITS 564
INDEX 566


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