Introducing Logic and Critical Thinking: The Skills of Reasoning and the Virtues of Inquiry

T. Ryan Byerly

ISBN 10: 0801030811 / ISBN 13: 9780801030819

Published by Baker Academic 2017-08-01, 2017

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Introducing Logic and Critical Thinking: The Skills of Reasoning and the Virtues of Inquiry
• Publisher: Baker Academic 2017-08-01
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0801030811
• ISBN 13: 9780801030819
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

This robust, clear, and well-researched textbook for classes in logic introduces students to both formal logic and to the virtues of intellectual inquiry. Part 1 challenges students to develop the analytical skills of deductive and inductive reasoning, showing them how to identify and evaluate arguments. Part 2 helps students develop the intellectual virtues of the wise inquirer. The book includes helpful pedagogical features such as practice exercises and a concluding summary with definitions of key concepts for each chapter. Resources for professors and students are available through Baker Academic's Textbook eSources.

About the Author

T. Ryan Byerly (PhD, Baylor University) is lecturer in philosophy of religion at the University of Sheffield in Sheffield, England. He previously taught at Regent University. He is the author of The Mechanics of Divine Foreknowledge and Providence and coeditor of Paradise Understood: New Philosophical Essays about Heaven.