Critical Reasoning: Understanding and Criticizing Arguments and Theories

CRITICAL REASONING helps students to gain a firm grasp on the dynamics of critical reasoning in the context of real-world experiences and information. Via clear explanations and the application of various analytic techniques, the text skillfully presents the rudiments of logic without losing students in the explication of complex theories and provides a rich array of reading passages drawn from everyday sources, such as newspaper editorials and popular essays. The text culminates in a chapter on the challenges of being a consumer of information in our contemporary "world of experts."

Dr. Jerry Cederblom serves in The University of Nebraska-Omaha Philosophy Department, teaching courses in moral and political philosophy, epistemology, history of philosophy, critical reasoning, and logic. He received his B.A. in philosophy from Whitman College and his Ph.D. in philosophy from the Claremont Graduate School. He is co-author of two books¿CRITICAL REASONING and ETHICS AT WORK (both published by Wadsworth)--and co-editor (with William Blizek) of a third book: JUSTICE AND PUNISHMENT.

David Paulsen received a Ph.D. in philosophy and humanities with an emphasis on philosophy of science from Stanford University (1971), and he is Emeritus faculty at The Evergreen State College, where he has taught and continues to teach courses in philosophy and cognitive science with an emphasis on philosophy of science and related topics in logic as well as the history and philosophy of science with focus on cognitive neuroscience.