The most comprehensive, balanced, and flexible book for teaching argument. It includes a concise text on critical thinking, reading, writing, and argument and a wide-ranging anthology of arguments for analysis. The text shows students how to recognize and evaluate assumptions and apply critical thinking and reading skills to writing papers. In addition to the selections throughout the text portion, the anthology of readings includes debates and casebooks on pressing current issues as well as enduring philosophical questions.
Unique section on alternative perspectives on argument. Seven chapters introduce students to the following approaches to argument: philosophical (the Toulmin model); logical (deduction, induction, fallacies); ethical; legal; psychological (Rogerian); literary; and forensic (oral argument and debate).
Briefer versions allow even more flexibility and options. If a smaller, lower-priced text is more appropriate, the same thorough coverage is available with fewer readings:
- Critical Thinking, Reading, and Writing, Seventh Edition, has about a third of the readings of the larger book.
- From Critical Thinking to Argument: A Portable Guide, Third Edition, includes only a dozen readings.