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Becoming a Critical Thinker : A User Friendly Manual,9780137443352

Becoming a Critical Thinker : A User Friendly Manual

by Diestler, Sherry

ISBN13:

9780137443352

ISBN10:

0137443358

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Paperback

Pub. Date:

3/1/1998

Publisher(s):

Prentice Hall

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Table of Contents

Foreword

vii

(1)

Preface

viii

1 Foundations of Arguments: What Is a Critical Thinker and When Do You Need to Be One?

1

(22)

The Structure of Argument

3

(1)

The Issue

3

(4)

The Conclusion

7

(2)

The Reasons

9

(7)

Articles for Discussion

16

(1)

"Talk-Show Host Angers Disabled Community: Hand Deformity Inherited from Mom Sparks L.A. Dispute"

16

(2)

"Radio Show on Rights of the Disabled: Crippled Woman's Pregnancy Debated"

18

(5)

2 Value Assumptions and Ethics: What Price Ethics and Can You Afford Not to Pay?

23

(46)

Value Assumptions and Conflicts

26

(11)

Ethics--An Important Dimension of Values

37

(9)

Ideal Values versus Real Values

46

(3)

Ethics in Argumentation

49

(1)

Ethical Decision Making

50

(8)

Articles for Discussion and Composition

58

(1)

"It May not Be Plagiarism, But It's a Rip-Off"

58

(3)

"Music, to Wal-Mart's Ears, Should be `Clean'"

61

(3)

"Student Markets Primer on the Art of Cheating"

64

(5)

3 Reality Assumptions: It's Eleven O'Clock: Do You Know Where Your Assumptions Are?

69

(52)

Reality Assumptions

70

(12)

Deductive Reasoning

82

(2)

Validity in Deductive Arguments

84

(7)

Truth in Deductive Arguments

91

(2)

The Uses of Deductive Reasoning

93

(4)

The Premise of Contention

97

(3)

Game: Valid or Invalid, Sound or Unsound

100

(2)

Introduction to Inductive Reasoning

102

(5)

Articles for Discussion

107

(1)

"Just Walk on By: A Black Man Ponders His Power to Alter Public Space"

107

(5)

"Is This the Promised Land?"

112

(4)

"A Turn in the `Asian Way'"

116

(5)

4 Inductive Arguments: Statistical and Causal Generalizations: Prove It to Me. What Are the Statistics?

121

(50)

Statistical Evidence

122

(1)

The Use of Statistics

123

(3)

How the Research Is Done

126

(7)

Using Surveys as Evidence

133

(2)

Statistical Generalization

135

(2)

The Reporting of Statistical Studies

137

(3)

Causal Generalizations

140

(1)

Hume's Conditions for Cause and Effect

141

(2)

Technical Causation

143

(10)

Mill's Analysis of Cause and Effect

153

(1)

Using Difference and Similarity Together to Determine Cause

154

(2)

Articles for Discussion

156

(1)

"Black, White, or Other"

156

(6)

"Researchers Practice the Science and Art of Public Opinion Polling"

162

(9)

5 Inductive Generalizations: Controlled Studies, Expert Testimony, and Analogies: Who Said So? And Who Are They Anyway?

171

(52)

Research Design

173

(1)

Criteria for Evaluating Research Findings

174

(9)

Controversy in Research Findings

183

(9)

Use of Authority: Expert Testimony

192

(4)

Problems with Expert Testimony

196

(10)

Reasoning by Analogy

206

(5)

Articles for Discussion

211

(1)

"Food News Blues"

211

(7)

"Study: Educational TV Truly Makes Kids Smarter"

218

(5)

6 Reasoning Errors: I Know What I Think. Don't Confuse Me with Facts

223

(40)

Inadequate Reasons as Fallacies

224

(18)

Fallacies That Mislead

242

(11)

What's My Fallacy?

253

(1)

Articles for Discussion

254

(1)

"Ashamed of Strug's Sacrifice"

255

(1)

"Kerri Struggles and Wins"

255

(1)

"Keep Women Off the Streets"

256

(1)

"Who's to Say Who Earns Too Much? Do You Really Want Our Government Involved in This?"

257

(2)

"Sowell Column Gets It All Wrong: When Public Pays for Stadiums, the Whole Debate Changes"

259

(4)

7 The Power of Language: Talk Is Not Cheap. So Who Pays for It?

263

(46)

Denotation and Connotation

265

(3)

The Power of Connotation

268

(3)

Reification: When Words Take on More Power than Reality

271

(3)

Meanings Are in People

274

(5)

The Problem of Vagueness

279

(3)

Ambiguity in Language

282

(3)

Article for Discussion

285

(1)

"Federal Judge Orders Lawyer Not to Use Her Maiden Name"

285

(2)

"Doublespeak, Including Weasel Words"

287

(10)

More Articles for Discussion

297

(1)

"`African-American' Is an Imprecise, Debatable Term"

297

(2)

"A Diplomatic Translation: Here's What the New U.N. President Should Have Said"

299

(3)

"Free-Range? Natural? Sorting Out the Poultry Labels"

302

(7)

8 Suggestion in Media: Is What You See What You Get? Do You Really Want It?

309

(46)

Suggestion in Daily Life

311

(1)

Televised Suggestion

312

(12)

Suggestion in Print Media

324

(5)

The Power of Media to Shape Information

329

(6)

Subliminal Persuasion

335

(6)

Articles for Discussion

341

(1)

"When Movies Go to War, Pentagon Tags Along: Not Every Story Gets Military OK, but Some Need the Assistance"

341

(3)

"Survey Comes Clean About Sex on Soap Operas"

344

(2)

"Prelude to Vegas: Neil Postman Gets Interviewed"

346

(9)

9 Fairmindedness: It's You and Me, Kid, and I'm Not So Sure About You

355

(42)

How We Defend Our Egos

359

(7)

Areas Where We Have Trouble Being Rational

366

(2)

Antidotes for Points of Logical Vulnerability

368

(4)

Actively and Accurately Listening: Developing Empathy

372

(1)

The Art of Listening Well

373

(7)

Precautions about Active Listening

380

(2)

Articles for Discussion

382

(1)

"It Happend: To Deny That the Holocaust Occurred Is to Set the Precondition for Another One"

382

(9)

"Breakfast and Cornrows: A Tale of Logical Vulnerability"

391

(6)

10 Persuasive Speaking: What's Your Point? How Do You Sharpen It?

397

(33)

Being an Advocate of Ideas: Communicating Publicly

398

(1)

The Best Ways to Deal with Fear of Public Speaking

399

(1)

Audience Analysis

400

(3)

The Three Elements of a Persuasive Argument: Ethos, Logos, and Pathos

403

(4)

Sample Speech Outline

407

(1)

"Mandatory AIDS/HIV Testing in Sports"

407

(4)

Monroe's Motivated Sequence

411

(1)

Problem-Solution Format

412

(1)

Pathos: Emotional Appeal

413

(5)

Articles for Discussion

418

(1)

"Speak for Yourself"

418

(3)

"Changing a Man's Mind"

421

(2)

"I Have a Dream"

423

(7)

Glossary

430

(5)

Index

435

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