Thinking Well : An Introduction to Critical Thinking with Free Critical Thinking PowerWeb

Preface

1. Introduction to Critical Thinking

2. Obstacles to Thinking Well

3. Definitions and the Importance of Language

4. The Basic Elements of an Argument

5. Distinguishing Good Arguments from Bad Ones

6. Fallacies

7. Knowledge and Worldview

8. Thinking About Values

9. Putting It All Together

10. Essays for Analysis

Anthony Flint, Rutgers Senior Finds His $7 How-To In Demand Among College Students / George Will, The Real Opiate of the Masses / Bob Dole, A Tough but Responsible Solution / Thurgood Marshall, Dissenting Opinion in Gregg v. Georgia (1976) / Mark Twain, Little Bessie / Associated Press, Court Orders Treatment on Boy / Ralph Diaz, Save African Children / National Review, We Arent the World / Peter Singer, Rich and Poor / Garrett Hardin, Lifeboat Ethics: The Case Against Helping the Poor

Suggested Readings

Chapters 18 each have Summary and Glossary sections.

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