Good Reasoning Matters

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Reasonin A Constructive Approach to Critical Thinkin Third E d i t i o n Leo A. Groarke & Good Reasoning Matters! A Constructive Approach to Critical Thinking Third E d i t i o n New technology has revolutionized the way most of us receive and process information. We are inundated with messages conveyed by everything from radio, television, and the Internet to billboards and bumper stickers. Designed to develop the skills students need to respond effectively to those messages—verbal and non-verbal alike—Good Reasoning Mailers! offers a unique approach to critical thinking that emphasizes not just how to evaluate arguments but how to construct them. In addition to examining the most common features of faulty reasoning. Good Reasoning, Mailers! introduces students to a variety of argument schemes and rhetorical techniques th.n will help them craft arguments for any audience, specific or universal'. Exercises and examples from a variety of sources encourage students to consider views and perspectives they might not otherwise be exposed to. With abundant new material supplementing the most popular features of earlier editions. Good Reasoning Matters.' is an essential text for courses in critical reasoning. This third edition of Good Reasoning Matters.' offers • a clear, cumulative introduction to the principles of good reasoning; • a wide variety of arguments drawn from both classical and contemporary sources; • significant new discussion of non-verbal—especially visual—arguments: • a practical, applied focus with more exercises in every chapter, • more answers to in-tcxt exercises: and • a companion website (www.oup.com/ca/he/companion/groarketindale) with additional resources for both instructors and students. LEO A. GROARKI is professor of philosophy and dean of the Brantford Campus of Wilfrid Laurier University. CHRISTOPHI-R W. TIMVU i is professor of
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