How to Think Logically

This concise, affordable, and engaging new text is designed for introductory courses on logic and critical thinking.  This unique book covers the basic principles of informal logic while also raising substantive issues in other areas of philosophy: epistemology, ethics, philosophy of language, and philosophy of science.  

The author’s presentation strikes a careful balance: it offers clear, jargon-free writing while preserving rigor.  Brimming with numerous pedagogical features this accessible text assists students with analysis, reconstruction, and evaluation of arguments and helps them become independent, analytical thinkers.  Introductory students are exposed to the basic principles of reasoning while also having their appetites whetted for future courses in philosophy.

Gary Seay has taught logic at the City University of New York since 1979 and is currently Associate Professor of Philosophy at Medgar Evers College. He is the author of journal articles on moral philosophy and bioethics. With Susana Nuccetelli, he is the editor of Latin American Philosophy (Prentice Hall, 2004).

Susana Nuccetelli is Associate Professor of Philosophy at St. Cloud State University in Minnesota. She is editor of New Essays on Semantic Externalism and Self-Knowledge (MIT Press, 2003) and author of many journal articles on epistemology and philosophy of language. She has also written on Latin American philosophy.