Critical Thinking - Softcover

Moore, Brooke Noel; Parker, Richard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0072818816 ISBN 13: 9780072818819

Publisher: McGraw-Hill, 2004

Synopsis

CRITICAL THINKING - BROOKE NOEL MOORE - RICHARD PARKER - CRITICAL THINKING CD ROM - FREE WITH EVERY NEW BOOK PURCHASE - SEVENTH EDITION - MCGRAW HILL COMPANIES - HIGHER EDUCATION - COPYRIGHT 2004 BY THE MCGRAW HILL COMPANIES INC - PUBLISHER CHRIS FREITAG - VICE PRESIDENT AND EDITOR -IN-CHIEF THALIA DORWICK - ISBN 0072818816 - CONTENTS - CLAIMS AND CREDIBILITY - CRITICAL THINKING AND CLEAR WRITING - DEDUCTIVE ARGUMENTS I: CATEGORICAL LOGIC - DEDUCTIVE ARGUMENTS II: TRUTH-FUNCTIONAL LOGIC - INDUCTIVE ARGUMENTS - CAUSAL ARGUMENTS - MORAL LEGAL AND AESTHETIC REASONING - ESSAYS FOR ANALYSIS - THE TOP TEN FALLACIES OF ALL TIME - THE SCRAP BOOK OF UNUSUAL ISSUES - GOOD CONDITION - REGISTRATION CODE FOR CD ROM IS INCLUDED - ISBN 0072818816 - UPC 9780072818819 90000

About this title

About the Author:

Brooke Moore is a professor of philosophy at California State University, Chico, where he serves as Coordinator of the Critical Thinking Program. A former chair of the Philosophy and History departments, Moore was the University Outstanding Professor in 1996. He has served as a university Master Teacher and has coordinated the university's program for mentoring new faculty. His publications include The Power of Ideas (with Kenneth Bruder), The Cosmos, God, and Philosophy (with Ralph J. Moore), A Comprehensive Introduction to Moral Philosophy (with Robert Stewart), and other works. Richard Parker is Professor Emeritus of philosophy at California State University, Chico. He has been three times chair of the university's Faculty Senate, Dean of Undergraduate Education, and Executive Assistant to the President and has received Professional Achievement Honors for his academic work. He has published in analytic philosophy, critical thinking, and philosophy of law, and his views on punishment and responsibility have been included in major anthologies. Outside academia, Parker is a semiprofessional flamenco guitarist, performing with dancers around and about northern California; he rides a Harley-Davidson motorcycle, plays golf for fun and pool for money, and spends as much time as possible in southern Spain.

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0072818816
• ISBN 13: 9780072818819
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 485