Think with Socrates

An Introduction to Critical Thinking

Herrick (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

432 Seiten

2014
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-933186-4 (ISBN)

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Brief yet also comprehensive, Think with Socrates: An Introduction to Critical Thinking uses the methods, ideas, and life of Socrates as a model for critical thinking. It offers a more philosophical, historical, and accessible introduction than longer textbooks while still addressing all of the key topics in logic and argumentation. Applying critical thinking to the Internet, mass media, advertising, personal experience, expert authority, the evaluation of sources,
writing argumentative essays, and forming a worldview, Think with Socrates resonates with today's students and teaches them how to apply their skills to the real world. At the same time, it also covers
the ancient intellectual roots and history of the field, placing critical thinking in its larger context to help students appreciate its perennial value.Author Paul Herrick incorporates original sources from newspapers, a variety of media, and philosophical writing, along with engaging "interludes" featuring selections from Plato's dialogues.

Paul Herrick received his PhD in philosophy from the University of Washington. Since 1983 he has taught philosophy at Shoreline Community College. He is the author of two previous books published by Oxford University Press: Introduction to Logic (2012) and The Many Worlds of Logic, Second Edition (1999).

Preface, Acknowledgments, and Dedication

Unit One. What Is Critical Thinking?
Chapter 1: Socrates: Life and Method
Chapter 2: Socrates: Life and Death
Chapter 3: Socrates's Two Favorite Questions
Interlude: Socrates at Work
Part 1. The Euthyphro
Part 2. The Apology

Unit Two. Barriers to Critical Thinking
Chapter 4: Cognitive Biases
Chapter 5: Relativism and Skepticism. Philosophical Obstacles to Critical Thinking

Unit Three. Build a Solid Knowledge Base
Chapter 6: Reason and the Senses
Chapter 7: Personal Experience, Testimony, and Expert Authority
Chapter 8: Watch Out for These: Logical Fallacies
· Interlude: Critical Thinking and Freedom [Between chs 8-9.]
Chapter 9: The Internet, News Media, and Advertising
· Interlude: The Myth of the Cave [Between ch 9 and Unit 4.]

Unit Four. Criteria for Correct Reasoning
Chapter 10: Deduction and Induction
Chapter 11: Explorations in Inductive Reasoning: The Logic of Science
· Interlude: Critical Thinking and the Rise of Modern Science [Between chs 11 and 12.]
Chapter 12: Explorations in Deductive Reasoning: Categorical Logic

Unit Five. Moral Reasoning, Worldviews, and the Examined Life
Chapter 13: Thinking Critically About Moral Issues
Chapter 14: Worldviews, Critical Thinking, and the Examined Life
Epilogue
Glossary
Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	13.8.2014
Zusatzinfo	Figures; Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Logik
ISBN-10	0-19-933186-3 / 0199331863
ISBN-13	978-0-19-933186-4 / 9780199331864
Zustand	Neuware