Introducing Logic and Critical Thinking: The Skills of Reasoning and the Virtues of Inquiry

by T. Ryan Byerly

This robust, clear, and well-researched textbook for classes in logic introduces students to both formal logic and to the virtues of intellectual inquiry. Part 1 challenges students to develop the analytical skills of deductive and inductive reasoning, showing them how to identify and evaluate arguments. Part 2 helps students develop the intellectual virtues of the wise inquirer. The book includes helpful pedagogical features such as practice exercises and a concluding summary with definitions of key concepts for each chapter. Resources for professors and students are available through Baker Academic's Textbook eSources.

Genres: Philosophy

256 pages, Paperback

Published August 1, 2017

Reviews

[Emma Grace]

Read for a first time logic class in school and also participated in a research project for Byerly. I was very much a guinea pig this semester but wound up with an A in the class which was a combination of reading this and having a good prof (I was confused on the way Byerly explains informal proofs). I liked the virtues of inquiry except where they were repetitive or could have had simpler definitions.