{"product_id":"making-up-your-mind-a-textbook-in-critical-thinking-9781554812233","title":"Making Up Your Mind: A Textbook in Critical","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMaking Up Your Mind\u003c\/em\u003e is oriented toward the writing of arguments. It gives students techniques that they can use to better understand, organize, and present their own thoughts. The book provides an exceptionally clear statement of what critical thinking adds to the study of logic, along with complete and systematic coverage of all crucial logical operators and major logical relations. It also offers exceptionally clear and informative discussions of the definition of argument, the distinction between induction and deduction, and the role of emotion in argument.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe second half of the book presents an argument outline which students can use to organize virtually any ethical argument. This outline is also used to illustrate the most important informal fallacies and how they can be avoided. In its closing chapters, the book discusses the nature of good evidence and good sources of evidence and their role in argument. Included are discussions of scientific method, the logical form of arguments about causal theories, and arguments from analogy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003ePreface\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSection 1: Thinking\u003cbr\u003eSection 2: Assertions\u003cbr\u003eSection 3: Critical Thinking and Logic\u003cbr\u003eSection 4: Facts versus Opinions\u003cbr\u003eSection 5: A Brief Introduction to Argument\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChapter One: Assertions\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSection 1: Types of Sentences\u003cbr\u003eSection 2: Ambiguity\u003cbr\u003eSection 3: The Logical Form of an Assertion\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChapter Two: Implication\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSection 1: Implication between Assertions\u003cbr\u003eSection 2: Implication within a Conditional\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChapter Three: Contradiction\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSection 1: Subject-Predicate Assertions\u003cbr\u003eSection 2: Conjunctions and Disjunctions\u003cbr\u003eSection 3: Goals and Alternatives\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChapter Four: Conditionals and Universal Assertions\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSection 1: Conditionals\u003cbr\u003eSection 2: What Makes a Conditional True\u003cbr\u003eSection 3: Universal Assertions\u003cbr\u003eSection 4: Contradicting a Universal Assertion\u003cbr\u003eSection 5: Contraries to a Universal Assertion\u003cbr\u003eSection 6: Counter-examples\u003cbr\u003eSection 7: Quantified Assertions with Complex Predicates\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChapter Five: Prescriptive Assertions\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSection 1: Prescriptive Terms\u003cbr\u003eSection 2: Types of Values\u003cbr\u003eSection 3: Quantified Prescriptive Assertions\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChapter Six: Explanations\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSection 1: Explanation Indicators\u003cbr\u003eSection 2: The Logical Form of a Syllogism\u003cbr\u003eSection 3: Causal Explanations\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChapter Seven: Arguments\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSection 1: Argument Indicators\u003cbr\u003eSection 2: The Argument Outline\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChapter Eight: Validity, Deduction, and Induction\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSection 1: Validity\u003cbr\u003eSection 2: Checking Syllogisms for Validity\u003cbr\u003eSection 3: Validity and Soundness\u003cbr\u003eSection 4: Deduction\u003cbr\u003eSection 5: Induction\u003cbr\u003eSection 6: Validity and Logical Conflict\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChapter Nine: Unstated Premises\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSection 1: Implicit Premises\u003cbr\u003eSection 2: General, Unstated Premises\u003cbr\u003eSection 3: Argument Reconstruction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChapter Ten: Relevance\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSection 1: Direct Relevance\u003cbr\u003eSection 2: Indirect Relevance\u003cbr\u003eSection 3: Necessary and Sufficient Conditions\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChapter Eleven: Basic Fallacies of Relevance\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSection 1: Begging the Question\u003cbr\u003eSection 2: The Straw Man Fallacy\u003cbr\u003eSection 3: Ad Hominem Fallacies\u003cbr\u003eSection 4: Shifting the Burden of Proof\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChapter Twelve: Fallacies of Emotional Appeal\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSection 1: Basic Types of Emotion\u003cbr\u003eSection 2: The Relevance of Emotion in Thinking\u003cbr\u003eSection 3: The Relevance of Emotion in Argument\u003cbr\u003eSection 4: The Irrelevance of Emotion in Argument\u003cbr\u003eSection 5: Fallacious Appeals to Anger\u003cbr\u003eSection 6: Fallacious Appeals to Gratitude\u003cbr\u003eSection 7: Fallacious Appeals to Fear\u003cbr\u003eSection 8: Fallacious Appeals to Hope\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChapter Thirteen: Sources of Evidence\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSection 1: Primary Sources of Evidence\u003cbr\u003eSection 2: Conditions of Observation\u003cbr\u003eSection 3: Qualifications and Expertise\u003cbr\u003eSection 4: Bias\u003cbr\u003eSection 5: Consensus of Opinion\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChapter Fourteen: Causal Arguments\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSection 1: The Form of a Causal Argument\u003cbr\u003eSection 2: Post Hoc Fallacies\u003cbr\u003eSection 3: Correlation-to-Cause Fallacies\u003cbr\u003eSection 4: Scientific Causal 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