Critical Thinking and Communication: The Use of Reason in Argument, Global Edition, 7th edition

Published by Pearson (June 12, 2014) © 2015

  • Edward S. Inch California State University, Sacramento
  • Kristen H. Tudor California State University, Sacramento
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Stresses the importance of argumentation in everyday life

 

Critical Thinking and Communication, 7th Edition encourages students to develop skills in constructing and refuting arguments in contexts ranging from informal conversations to structured debates. The authors stress the importance of argumentation in everyday life while building student competence and critical awareness. Through exercises and examples, students learn to create arguments and develop, understand, and interpret extended cases.

Table of contents

  • Part I: Developing a Conceptual Framework for Argument 
  • Chapter 1: Argument and Critical Thought
  • Chapter 2: Co-Orientational View of Argument
  • Chapter 3: Argument Cultures and Ethics
  • Part II: The Parts of an Argument  
  • Chapter 4: Claims and Propositions
  • Chapter 5: Evidence
  • Chapter 6: Reasoning
  • Part III: Presenting and Critically Evaluating Arguments  
  • Chapter 7: Communicating Arguments
  • Chapter 8: Argument Analysis and Criticism
  • Part IV: Developing and Arguing Extended Cases  
  • Chapter 9: Case Construction and Arguing About Facts
  • Chapter 10: Arguing About Values 
  • Chapter 11: Arguing About Polices

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