{"product_id":"concise-guide-to-critical-thinking-9780190692896","title":"Concise Guide to Critical Thinking","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eConcise Guide to Critical Thinking\u003c\/strong\u003e by Vaughn, Lewis. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780190692896.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLewis Vaughns Concise Guide to Critical Thinking offers a compact, clear, and economical introduction to critical thinking and argumentative writing. Based on his best-selling text, The Power of Critical Thinking, Fifth Edition, this affordable volume is more manageable than larger textbooks yet more substantial than many of the smaller critical thinking handbooks.\n\nFEATURES\n\n* Six chapters on identifying, evaluating, and devising deductive and inductive arguments\n\n* A chapter on obstacles to critical thinking\n\n* Comprehensive coverage of inference to the best explanation\n\n* Extensive treatment of scientific reasoning, with chapters on inductive reasoning, causal arguments, scientific theories and inference, and scientific method and theory evaluation\n\n* Emphasis on evaluation of evidence, authority, and credibility\n\n* A chapter on fallacies and rhetorical persuaders\n\n* A substantial chapter on writing argumentative essays\n\n* Numerous exercises, including review questions, exercises for applying critical thinking skills, writing assignments and prompts, and self-assessment quizzes\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44928724303925,"sku":"ByrdShop_0190692898","price":59.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780190692896_61c36f2d-3143-403d-8d7f-94bf684b35f8.jpg?v=1778719359","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/concise-guide-to-critical-thinking-9780190692896","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}