TY - BOOK AU - Epstein,Richard L. TI - Critical thinking SN - 0534580599 (pbk.) AV - BF441 .E67 2002 PY - 2002/// CY - Belmont, CA PB - Wadsworth Thomson Learning KW - Critical thinking N1 - Part 1 : the fundamentals -- Critical thinking? -- What are we arguing about? -- What is a good argument? -- Repairing arguments -- Is that true? -- Part 2 : the structure of arguments -- Compound claims -- Complex arguments -- General claims -- Part 3 : avoiding bad arguments -- Concealed claims -- Too much emotion -- Fallacies (a summary of bad arguments) -- Arguments for analysis -- Part 4 : reasoning about our experience -- Reasoning by analogy -- Numbers? -- Generalizing from experience -- Cause and effect -- Part 5 : evaluating reasoning -- Part 6 : composing good arguments -- Part 7 : making decisions ER -