Critical thinking, reading, and writing : a brief guide to argument / Sylvan Barnet, Hugo Bedau.

By:

Barnet, Sylvan

Contributor(s):

Bedau, Hugo Adam [aut]

Material type:

TextPublication details: Boston : Bedford/St. Martins, 2011.Edition: 7th edDescription: xxiv, 561 p. : ill. b&w ; 23 cmISBN:

9780312601607

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DDC classification:

808.042

Contents:

Pt. 1. Critical thinking and reading -- Ch. 1. Critical thinking -- Ch. 2. Critical reading: getting started -- Ch. 3. Critical reading: getting deeper into arguments -- Ch. 4. Visual rhetoric: images as arguments -- Pt. 2. Critical writing -- Ch. 5. Writing an analysis of an argument -- Ch. 6. Developing an argument of your own -- Ch. 7. Using sources -- Pt. 3. Further views on argument -- Ch. 8. A philosopher's view: the Toulmin model -- Ch. 9. A logician's view: deduction, induction, fallacies -- Ch. 10. A moralist's view: ways of thinking ethically -- Ch. 11. A lawyer's view: steps toward civic literacy -- Ch. 12. A psychologist's view: Rogerian argument -- Ch. 13. A literacy critic's view: arguing about literature -- Pt. 4. A casebook on the state and the individual -- Ch. 15. What is the ideal society?.

Summary: Critical Thinking, Reading, and Writing is a compact but complete guide to critical thinking and argumentation. Comprising the text portion of the widely adopted Current Issues and Enduring Questions, it draws on the authors' dual expertise in effective persuasive writing and comprehensive rhetorical strategies to help students move from critical thinking to argumentative and researched writing. With comprehensive coverage of classic and contemporary approaches to argument, including Aristotle, Toulmin, and a range of alternative views, as well as 35 readings and a casebook on the state and the individual, it is an extraordinarily versatile text. This affordable guide can stand alone or supplement a larger anthology of readings.

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Includes index.

Pt. 1. Critical thinking and reading --
Ch. 1. Critical thinking --
Ch. 2. Critical reading: getting started --
Ch. 3. Critical reading: getting deeper into arguments --
Ch. 4. Visual rhetoric: images as arguments --
Pt. 2. Critical writing --
Ch. 5. Writing an analysis of an argument --
Ch. 6. Developing an argument of your own --
Ch. 7. Using sources --
Pt. 3. Further views on argument --
Ch. 8. A philosopher's view: the Toulmin model --
Ch. 9. A logician's view: deduction, induction, fallacies --
Ch. 10. A moralist's view: ways of thinking ethically --
Ch. 11. A lawyer's view: steps toward civic literacy --
Ch. 12. A psychologist's view: Rogerian argument --
Ch. 13. A literacy critic's view: arguing about literature --
Pt. 4. A casebook on the state and the individual --
Ch. 15. What is the ideal society?.

Critical Thinking, Reading, and Writing is a compact but complete guide to critical thinking and argumentation. Comprising the text portion of the widely adopted Current Issues and Enduring Questions, it draws on the authors' dual expertise in effective persuasive writing and comprehensive rhetorical strategies to help students move from critical thinking to argumentative and researched writing. With comprehensive coverage of classic and contemporary approaches to argument, including Aristotle, Toulmin, and a range of alternative views, as well as 35 readings and a casebook on the state and the individual, it is an extraordinarily versatile text. This affordable guide can stand alone or supplement a larger anthology of readings.

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