Clear and Present Thinking, Second Edition: A Handbook in Logic and Rationality (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780993952791)

This is the second edition of the popular, low-cost, college-level textbook in logic and critical thinking. Covering topics like worldviews, formal and informal logic, science, reasonable doubt, propaganda, fake news, and the history of logic, "Clear and Present Thinking" aims to make philosophy in general, and critical thinking skills in particular, unmysterious, and widely available for the general public.Contents: Chapter 1: An Outline History of LogicChapter 2: Informal Logic: Questions, Problems, and World ViewsChapter 3: Informal Logic: Habits of ThinkingChapter 4: Basics of Formal LogicChapter 5: ArgumentsChapter 6: Science and Scientific ReasoningChapter 7: FallaciesChapter 8: Reasonable DoubtChapter 9: Moral ReasoningChapter 10: ActivitiesEpilogue: Why Can't We All Get Along?Glossary of Terms in Logic and Philosophy

Author: Charlene Elsby, Alex Zieba
ISBN-10: 0993952798
ISBN-13: 9780993952791
Publisher: Northwest Passage Books
Language: English
Published: 01/10/2019
Pages: 214
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.12lbs
Size: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.45d