Introduction to Logic and Critical Thinking

by Merrilee H. Salmon

This text offers a balanced treatment of reasoning in ordinary language and formal techniques that enhance understanding of reasoning. The text begins with an extensive treatment of inductive reasoning that includes inductive generalizations and causal arguments. Since students are already familiar with these types of arguments in everyday life, they can appreciate the point of studying them in a systematic way. The text contains many timely features, lively and straightforward prose, and numerous examples and exercises drawn from many areas of knowledge. It combines a sensitive treatment of ordinary language arguments with a simple but rigorous exposition of basic principles of logic.

Genres: Philosophy, Logic, Nonfiction, Textbooks

380 pages, Hardcover

First published January 3, 1984

Reviews

[Cait · Rating 2 out of 5]

There were mistakes and a lot of the practice rules were not that specific

[Yohan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Actually I read this book about 30 years ago. Maybe a second edition of it or so. Then I was a student of philosophy major. I think I owed pretty puch to it in sharpening my critical thinking skills. I'm going to read its 6th edition starting May, maybe..

[Brent · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good intro on formal and informal logic.