How to think logically /

Seay, Gary.

How to think logically / Gary Seay, Susana Nuccetelli. - New York : Pearson/Longman, c2008. - xviii, 574 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. - Penguin academics .

Includes indexes.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The building blocks of reasoning -- What is logical thinking? and why should we care? -- Thinking logically and speaking one's mind -- The virtues of belief -- Tips for argument analysis -- Evaluating deductive arguments -- Analyzing inductive arguments -- Some ways an argument can fail -- Avoiding ungrounded assumptions -- From unclear language to unclear reasoning -- Avoiding irrelevant premises -- Compound propositions -- The cash value of argument form -- Categorical propositions --Categorical syllogisms.

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Logic--Textbooks.

BC177 / .S442 2008