The Great Conversation: A Historical Introduction to Philosophy

Tracing the exchange of ideas among history's key philosophers, The Great Conversation: A Historical Introduction to Philosophy, Eighth Edition, provides a generous selection of excerpts from major philosophical works and makes them more easily understandable to students with lucid and engaging explanations. Extensive cross-referencing shows students how philosophers respond appreciatively or critically to the thoughts of other philosophers. The Great Conversation, Eighth Edition, is also available in two separate volumes to suit your course needs: The Great Conversation: Volume I: Pre-Socratics through Descartes, Eighth Edition The Great Conversation: Volume II: Descartes through Derrida and Quine, Eighth Edition

Politics & Social Sciences

Morrow, David R.

Melchert, Norman

Philosophy

Oxford University Press

The Great Conversation: Volume I: Pre-Socratics through Descartes

A Workbook for Arguments builds on Anthony Weston's Rulebook for Arguments to provide a complete textbook for a course in critical thinking or informal logic. Workbook includes: <ul>
<li>The entire text of Rulebook, supplemented with extensive further explanations and exercises.</li>
<li>Homework exercises adapted from a wide range of arguments from newspapers, philosophical texts, literature, movies, videos, and other sources.</li>
<li>Practical advice to help students succeed when applying the Rulebook's rules to the examples in the homework exercises.</li>
<li>Suggestions for further practice, outlining activities that students can do by themselves or with classmates to improve their skills.</li>
<li>Detailed instructions for in-class activities and take-home assignments designed to engage students.</li>
<li>An appendix on mapping arguments, giving students a solid introduction to this vital skill in constructing complex and multi-step arguments and evaluating them.</li>
<li>Model answers to odd-numbered problems, including commentaries on the strengths and weaknesses of selected sample answers and further discussion of some of the substantive intellectual, philosophical, or ethical issues they raise.</li>
</ul>

A Workbook for Arguments: A Complete Course in Critical Thinking

Weston, Anthony

Hackett Publishing Company, Inc.

A Workbook for Arguments, Second Edition: A Complete Course in Critical Thinking

A Workbook for Arguments builds on Anthony Weston’s A Rulebook for Arguments to provide a complete textbook for a course in critical thinking or informal logic. The second edition adds:<ul>
<li>Updated and improved homework exercises—nearly one third are new—to ensure that the examples continue to resonate with students.</li>
<li>Increased coverage of scientific reasoning, demonstrating how scientific reasoning dovetails with critical thinking more generally</li>
<li>Two new activities in which students analyze arguments in their original form, as provided in brief selections from the original texts.</li>
</ul>This edition continues to include<ul>
<li>The entire text of Rulebook, supplemented with extensive explanations and exercises.</li>
<li>Homework exercises adapted from a wide range of arguments in a wide variety of sources.</li>
<li>Practical advice to help students succeed.</li>
<li>Model answers to odd-numbered problems, including commentaries on the strengths and weaknesses of selected sample answers and further discussion of some of the substantive intellectual, philosophical, or ethical issues they raise.</li>
<li>Detailed instructions for in-class activities and take-home assignments.</li>
<li>An appendix on mapping arguments, giving students a solid introduction to this vital skill in constructing complex and multi-step arguments and evaluating them.</li>
</ul>

A Workbook for Arguments builds on Anthony Weston’s A Rulebook for Arguments to provide a complete textbook for a course in critical thinking or informal logic. The second edition adds:
<ul>
<li>Updated and improved homework exercises—nearly one third are new—to ensure that the examples continue to resonate with students.</li>
<li>Increased coverage of scientific reasoning, demonstrating how scientific reasoning dovetails with critical thinking more generally</li>
<li>Two new activities in which students analyze arguments in their original form, as provided in brief selections from the original texts.</li>
</ul>This edition continues to include<ul>
<li>The entire text of Rulebook, supplemented with extensive explanations and exercises.</li>
<li>Homework exercises adapted from a wide range of arguments in a wide variety of sources.</li>
<li>Practical advice to help students succeed.</li>
<li>Model answers to odd-numbered problems, including commentaries on the strengths and weaknesses of selected sample answers and further discussion of some of the substantive intellectual, philosophical, or ethical issues they raise.</li>
<li>Detailed instructions for in-class activities and take-home assignments.</li>
<li>An appendix on mapping arguments, giving students a solid introduction to this vital skill in constructing complex and multi-step arguments and evaluating them.</li>
</ul>

Giving Reasons prepares students to think independently, evaluate information, and reason clearly across disciplines. Accessible to students and effective for instructors, it provides plain-English exercises, helpful appendices, and a variety of online supplements.

Giving Reasons: An Extremely Short Introduction to Critical Thinking

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The Great Conversation: A Historical Introduction to Philosophy

The Great Conversation: Volume I: Pre-Socratics through Descartes

The Great Conversation: Volume I: Pre-Socratics through Descartes

The Great Conversation: A Historical Introduction to Philosophy

The Great Conversation: A Historical Introduction to Philosophy

A Workbook for Arguments: A Complete Course in Critical Thinking

A Workbook for Arguments: A Complete Course in Critical Thinking

A Workbook for Arguments, Second Edition: A Complete Course in Critical Thinking

A Workbook for Arguments, Second Edition: A Complete Course in Critical Thinking

Giving Reasons: An Extremely Short Introduction to Critical Thinking