BRIEF CONTENTS TFY 9th Edition
Preface xv
Introduction to Critical Thinking 1
PART I Basics of Critical Thinking
CHAPTER 1 Observation Skills: What's Out There? 12
CHAPTER 2 Word Precision: How Do I Describe It? 48
CHAPTER 3 Facts: What’s Real? 77
CHAPTER 4 Inferences: What Follows? 107
PART II Problems of Critical Thinking
CHAPTER 5 Assumptions: What’s Taken for Granted? 138
CHAPTER 6 Opinions: What’s Believed? 169
CHAPTER 7 Viewpoints: What’s the Filter? 194
PART III Forms and Standards of Critical Thinking
CHAPTER 8 Argument: What's a Good Argument? 224
CHAPTER 9 Fallacies: What's a Faulty Argument? 255
CHAPTER 10 Inductive Reasoning: How Do I Reason from Evidence? 280
CHAPTER 11 Inductive Fallacies: How Can Inductive Reasoning Go Wrong? 306
CHAPTER 12 Deductive Reasoning: How Do I Reason from Premises? 327
APPENDIX The Research Paper 353
Index 368
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