From Critical Thinking to Argument

by Sylvan Barnet; Hugo Bedau

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From Critical Thinking to Argument

A Portable Guide

ISBN-10: 0-312-60161-1
ISBN-13: 978-0-312-60161-4
Paper Text, 384 pages

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Sylvan Barnet
Tufts University
Hugo Bedau
Tufts University

The essentials of academic argument

From Critical Thinking to Argument is a very brief but thorough guide to critical thinking and argumentation. With only a dozen readings, this affordable guide can stand alone or complement an anthology. Comprising the text portion of the widely adopted Current Issues and Enduring Questions, it draws on the authors’ dual expertise in effective persuasive writing and comprehensive rhetorical strategies to help students move from critical thinking to argumentative and researched writing. Treatment of classic and modern approaches includes Aristotle, Toulmin, and Rogerian argument, making it a versatile text. From Critical Thinking to Argument has been revised to model more strategies for creating academic arguments and provide practical advice on how to develop them.

“From Critical Thinking to Argument provides students with a wonderful starting place to build a toolbox of argumentative skills as they work from chapter to chapter and apply these skills and techniques to their writing. As an introduction to argument text, it stands out because it offers such solid information in great quantities, yet is brief and affordable.”
— Gina Richards, Delta College

"The strengths of From Critical Thinking to Argument include the built-in methodologies for critically thinking, analyzing argument, examining assumptions, and approaching logic and fallacies."
— Lisa Breger, Pine Manor College