Good Reasoning Matters! : A Constructive Approach to Critical Thinking Book

1 Getting Started: Looking for an Argument 1

2 Argument Diagrams: Pointing the Way 33

3 Implicit Argument Components: Filling in the Blanks 53

4 Definitions: Saying What You Mean 84

5 Bias: Reading between the Lines 114

6 Strong and Weak Arguments: Preparing for Evaluations 139

7 Syllogisms I: Classifying Arguments 160

8 Syllogisms II: Testing Classes 190

9 Propositional Logic I: Some Ifs, Ands, and Buts 202

10 Propositional Logic II: Conditional Proofs, Dilemmas, and Reductios 234

11 Ordinary Reasoning: Assessing the Basics 255

12 Empirical Schemes of Argument: Nothing but the Facts 293

13 Moral and Political Reasoning: Schemes of Value 336

14 Ethotic Schemes: Judging Character 367

15 Argumentative Writing: Essaying an Argument 397

Selected Answers 421

Index 491