Critical Thinking and Communication The Use of Reason in Argument

Stresses the importance of argumentation in everyday life

Critical Thinking and Communication, 7/e, encourages students to develop skills in constructing and refuting arguments in contexts ranging from informal conversations to structured debates. The authors stress the importance of argumentation in everyday life while building student competence and critical awareness. Through exercises and examples, students learn to create arguments and develop, understand, and interpret extended cases.

Part I: Developing a Conceptual Framework for Argument  

Chapter 1: Argument and Critical Thought

Chapter 2: Co-Orientational View of Argument

Chapter 3: Argument Cultures and Ethics

Chapter 4: Claims and Propositions

Chapter 5: Evidence

Chapter 6: Reasoning

Part III: Presenting and Critically Evaluating Arguments   

Chapter 7: Communicating Arguments

Chapter 8: Argument Analysis and Criticism

Part IV: Developing and Arguing Extended Cases   

Chapter 9: Case Construction and Arguing About Facts

Chapter 10: Arguing About Values 

Chapter 11: Arguing About Polices

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