Critical Thinking: Consider the Verdict

by Bruce N. Waller

Critical Thinking: Consider the Verdict shows students how to take critical thinking skills from the jury room and apply them in the voting booth and the citizens' forum, and from the shopping mall to the boardroom. This new Third Edition of Critical Thinking: Consider the Verdict has been enlivened and updated with a wealth of fascinating new exercises from recent trials and Supreme Court decisions, from political campaigns and social debates. In addition, there is a new section on distinguishing legitimate from fallacious appeals to authority, expanded discussion of the proper role and function of the jury, and extensive new exercises on arguments from analogy.

Genres: Philosophy, Logic, Law, Nonfiction

434 pages, Unknown Binding

First published January 1, 1988

Reviews

[محمّد التميمي · Rating 4 out of 5]

مفيد. يمتاز بأنه مليء بالأمثلة والقضايا والتمارين للتدرب على القواعد المذكورة في الكتاب.
يعيبه عيب كبير وهو أن أكثر التمارين غير محلولة والتمارين تأخذ تقريبا ثلث الكتاب ويوجد ملحق حل لبعض التمارين لكنه لا يكفي لذلك مررت على معظم التمارين مرورًا سريعًا.
قد يعاب عليه أن أكثر القضايا هي من المحاكم مما قد يسبب شيئًا من الملل.

[Dominic]

Systematic and trustful , but too much concentrated on the aspect of jury .

[Billie Pritchett]

Bruce N. Waller's Critical Thinking: Consider the Verdict is the best book of critical thinking on the market. The book demonstrates how good critical thinking comes about through arguments in the technical sense, where a set of premises is used to establish a conclusion. Deductive and inductive arguments are distinguished and common logical fallacies exposed, and also some important issues related to critical thinking are explored, including scientific reasoning and the value of testimony as a source of evidence.

Featured here on Goodreads is the fifth edition. I have the sixth edition, which expands upon some chapters and material, and I believe there is now a seventh edition. My first exposure to this book was about 20 years ago with the fifth edition, which was more than satisfying.

[Ismail Aljedadi · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good book you can read about logical fallacies

[Blessed Oy]

Insightful book, incites one to think critically about things such as language used by politicians and marketers that would ordinarily seem innocent.

[Priyank Goyal · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great Book.Eye opener !!!