Critical Thinking Unleashed (eBook)

Elliot D. Cohen (Autor)

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2009
416 Seiten
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-4422-0005-0 (ISBN)

Infos

Demonstrating the practical relevance and import of many historically significant philosophers (e.g. Socrates, Aristotle, Epictetus, Hume, Kant, Mill, Sartre, and Nietzsche), Critical Thinking Unleashed presents a practical, non-technical, and comprehensive approach to critical thinking. In contrast to other treatments of practical reasoning, Elliot D. Cohen not only teaches students how to identify and refute irrational premises_he also teaches them how to construct rational antidotes to combat the personal, social, and political obstacles they confront in everyday life.

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From alcohol and drug addiction to rage on national highways and in airports, many human beings have kept themselves in perpetual turmoil and despair. From encroachment on individual rights and liberties to wars of attrition and mass genocide, human history has continually repeated itself due to a failure to see the light. Containing numerous skill-building exercises, Critical Thinking Unleashed seeks to cultivate the reasoning skills required to overcome such destructive human tendencies and to live meaningful and productive lives in a democratic society. In contrast to other treatments of practical reasoning, Elliot D. Cohen not only teaches students how to identify and refute irrational premises_he also teaches them how to construct rational antidotes to combat the personal, social, and political obstacles they confront in everyday life. Moreover, Cohen encourages students to use the theories and ideas embodied in the history of philosophy in order to construct these rational guides, drawing examples from many contemporary sources. Demonstrating the practical relevance and import of many historically significant philosophers (e.g. Socrates, Aristotle, Epictetus, Hume, Kant, Mill, Sartre, and Nietzsche), the book presents a practical, non-technical, and comprehensive approach to critical thinking.

Autor

Elliot D. Cohen is professor of philosophy and chair of the Department of Humanities at Indian River State College in Florida. He is executive co-director and co-founder of the American Society for Philosophy, Counseling, and Psychotherapy; professor and chair at the Indian River College; editor-in-chief and founder of The International Journal of Applied Philosophy and The International Journal of Philosophical Practice. Author of twelve books and numerous articles, his most recent books are New Rational Therapy: Thinking Your Way to Serenity, Success, and Profound Happiness and What Would Aristotle Do? Self-Control through the Power of Reason. Other recent books include Philosophers at Work: Issues and Practice of Philosophy; The Virtuous Therapist: Ethical Practice of Counseling & Psychotherapy; and News Incorporated: Corporate Media Ownership and its Threat to Democracy.

Inhalt

1 Table of Contents2 Preface to the StudentChapter 3 Introduction: Free ThinkingPart 4 I. Kinds of ReasoningChapter 5 1. The Nuts and Bolts of ReasoningPart 6 DeductionChapter 7 2. Deductive ReasoningChapter 8 3. Hypothetical SyllogismsChapter 9 4. Disjunctive SyllogismsChapter 10 5. Truth-Functional LogicChapter 11 6. Categorical StatementsChapter 12 7. Immediate DeductionsChapter 13 8. Categorical SyllogismsPart 14 InductionChapter 15 9. GeneralizationChapter 16 10. PredictionChapter 17 11. TestimonialsChapter 18 12. HypothesisChapter 19 13. CausationPart 20 Behavioral and Emotional ReasoningChapter 21 14. Behavioral ReasoningChapter 22 15. Refutation in Practical ReasoningChapter 23 16. Emotional ReasoningPart 24 II. Informal FallaciesPart 25 Fallacies that Promote Self-Destructive EmotionsChapter 26 17. Inferences from "Must," "Awful," and "Can't"Chapter 27 18. Damning Thoughts and Dutiful WorryingPart 28 Fallacies that Impede Successful Interpersonal RelationsChapter 29 19. Bandwagon ArgumentsChapter 30 20. Emotional AppealsChapter 31 21. Irrelevant AppealsChapter 32 22. Sophistical ArgumentsChapter 33 Appendix: Venn Diagrams34 Index

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 16.10.2009
• Reihe/Serie: Elements of Philosophy
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Logik
• ISBN-10: 1-4422-0005-7 / 1442200057
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4422-0005-0 / 9781442200050