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How to Think about Weird Things

By - Schick, Theodore
Floor - Floor 1
Published - McGraw-Hill Higher Education, Boston, ©2008
ISBN 10 - 0073386626
ISBN 13 - 9780073386621
Book Status - 1 Qnty Available with us.
Subject - Critical thinking
Shelf No - 7
Call Number - 001.901 SCH 2008
Edition - 5th ed.
Physical Description - xviii, 335 [12] pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
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"This brief, affordable text helps students to think critically, using examples from the weird claims and beliefs that abound in our culture to demonstrate the sound evaluation of any claim. It explains step-by-step how to sort through reasons, evaluate evidence, and tell when a claim (no matter how strange) is likely to be true. The emphasis is neither on debunking nor on advocating specific assertions, but on explaining principles of critical thinking that enable readers to evaluate claims for themselves. The authors focus on types of logical arguments and proofs, making How to Think about Weird Things a versatile supplement for logic, critical thinking, philosophy of science, or any other science appreciation courses."--pub. desc.

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