From Critical Thinking to Argument: A Portable Guide - Softcover

Barnet, Sylvan; Badau, Hugo

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9780312459888: From Critical Thinking to Argument: A Portable Guide

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ISBN 10: 0312459882 ISBN 13: 9780312459888

Publisher: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2007

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From Critical Thinking to Argument is a very brief but thorough guide to critical thinking and argumentation. With a dozen readings, this affordable guide can stand alone or supplement an anthology. Drawn from the widely adopted Critical Thinking, Reading, and Writing, it is the product of the authors' dual expertise in effective persuasive writing and rigorous critical thinking. It helps students move from critical thinking to argumentative and researched writing. Treatment of classic and modern approaches includes Aristotle, Toulmin, and Rogerian argument, making it a versatile text. From Critical Thinking to Argument has been revised to address current student interests and trends in argument, research, and writing.

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About the Author:

SYLVAN BARNET, professor of English and former director of writing at Tufts University, is the most prolific and consistently successful college English textbook author of the past 30 years. His several texts on writing and his numerous anthologies for introductory composition and literature courses have remained leaders in their field through many editions.

HUGO BEDAU, professor of philosophy at Tufts University, has served as chair of the philosophy department and chair of the university's committee on College Writing. An internationally respected expert on the death penalty, and on moral, legal, and political philosophy, he has written or edited a number of books on these topics. He is the author of Thinking and Writing about Philosophy, Second Edition (Bedford/St. Martin's, 2002).

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"The strengths of From Critical Thinking to Argument include its low cost and brevity. Students respond positively to the instruction and guidance given in the book."

-- Deborah Cordonnier, Rider University

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