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Critical Thinking and Communication

Critical Thinking and Communication

Author(s):
  • Edward S Inch
  • Barbara Warnick
    • Author: Edward S Inch
    • ISBN:9788131763346
    • 10 Digit ISBN:813176334X
    • Price:Rs. 825.00
    • Pages:384
    • Imprint:Pearson Education
    • Binding:Paperback
    • Status:Available


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    Relating common theoretical models to true-to-life examples from law, ethics, education, and business, the authors stress the importance of argumentation in everyday life as they build student competence and critical awareness.

    Critical Thinking and Communication encourages students to develop skills in both constructing and refuting arguments in a variety of contexts from informal conversations to structured debates. Through exercises and examples, students learn how to create arguments, developed extended cases, and how to critically understand and interpret them. The Sixth Edition continues to help students conceptualize argumentation in the larger framework of verbal and written communication, from public speaking and debating to interpersonal, intercultural, and small group communication.

    Table of Content

    Preface
    I. DEVELOPING A CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK FOR ARGUMENT
    1. Argument and Critical Thought.
    2. Co-Orientational View of Argument.
    3. Argument Cultures and Ethics.
    II. THE PARTS OF AN ARGUMENT
    1. Claims and Propositions.
    2. Evidence.
    3. Reasoning
    III.PRESENTING AND CRITICALLY EVALUATING ARGUMENTS
    1. Communicating Arguments.
    2. Argument Analysis and Criticism
    IV. DEVELOPING AND ARGUING EXTENDED CASES
    1. Case Construction and Arguing About Facts.
    2. Arguing About Values.
    3. Arguing About Polices

    Appendix: Answers to Selected Exercises
    On-Line Appendices
    Intercollegiate Debate
    Research Strategies

    Salient Features

    • Blends new and traditional theories that bind historically valid and proven methods with current understanding of how arguments regularly work.
    • Focuses on traditional logical and rhetorical perspectives as well as collaborative argument situations to ground students in the traditional theories of argument and then challenges them to apply those principles and practices to contemporary situations.
    • Explains and illustrates the Toulmin model to help students avoid confusion when the model is applied to argument analysis.