{"product_id":"critical-thinking-tracy-bowell-9780815371427","title":"Critical Thinking: A Concise Guide","description":"\u003cp\u003eWe are frequently confronted with \u003ci\u003earguments.\u003c\/i\u003e Arguments are attempts to persuade us - to influence our beliefs and actions - by giving us reasons to believe this or that. \u003ci\u003eCritical Thinking: A Concise Guide\u003c\/i\u003e will equip students with the concepts and techniques used in the identification, analysis and assessment of arguments whatever the subject matter or context. Through precise and accessible discussion, this book provides the tools to become a successful critical thinker, one who can act and believe in accordance with good reasons, and who can articulate and make explicit those reasons.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKey topics discussed include: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003eCore concepts in argumentation\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHow language can serve to obscure or conceal the real content of arguments \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHow to distinguish argumentation from rhetoric\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHow to avoid common confusions surrounding words such as 'truth', 'knowledge' and 'opinion'\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHow to identify and evaluate the most common types of argument\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHow to distinguish good reasoning from bad in terms of deductive validity and induction.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis fifth edition has been revised and extensively updated throughout, including a significantly expanded range of 'complete examples', the introduction of Venn diagrams and the discussion of fake news and related phenomena arising in the contemporary scene. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe dynamic Routledge \u003ci\u003eCritical Thinking\u003c\/i\u003e companion website provides thoroughly updated resources for both instructors and students, including new examples and case studies, flashcards, sample questions, practice questions and answers, student activities and a testbank of questions for use in the classroom. Visit www.routledge.com\/cw\/bowell.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tracy Bowell,Robert Cowan,Gary Kemp\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 081537142X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780815371427\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/20\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 348\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Tracy Bowell","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48086935503103,"sku":"9780815371427","price":190.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9de5af0a-689c-4166-b076-dc39ccbb6089.jpg?v=1769097379","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/critical-thinking-tracy-bowell-9780815371427","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}