A Workbook for Arguments, Second Edition: A Complete Course in Critical Thinking

A Workbook for Arguments, Second Edition: A Complete Course in Critical Thinking

<DIV><I>A Workbook for Arguments </I>builds on Anthony Weston’s <I>A Rulebook for Arguments</I> to provide a complete textbook for a course in critical thinking or informal logic. The second edition adds:</DIV><UL><LI>Updated and improved homework exercises—nearly one third are new—to ensure that the examples continue to resonate with students.</LI><LI>Increased coverage of scientific reasoning, demonstrating how scientific reasoning dovetails with critical thinking more generally</LI><LI>Two new activities in which students analyze arguments in their original form, as provided in brief selections from the original texts.</LI></UL><DIV>This edition continues to include</DIV><UL><LI>The entire text of <I>Rulebook</I>, supplemented with extensive explanations and exercises.</LI><LI>Homework exercises adapted from a wide range of arguments in a wide variety of sources.</LI><LI>Practical advice to help students succeed.</LI><LI>Model answers to odd-numbered problems, including commentaries on the strengths and weaknesses of selected sample answers and further discussion of some of the substantive intellectual, philosophical, or ethical issues they raise.</LI><LI>Detailed instructions for in-class activities and take-home assignments.</LI><LI>An appendix on mapping arguments, giving students a solid introduction to this vital skill in constructing complex and multi-step arguments and evaluating them.</LI></UL>