Critical Thinking: Consider the Verdict

by Bruce N. Waller

This introduction to critical thinking teaches individuals how to integrate all their logic skills into the critical decision-making process they undertake in their own lives as citizens and consumers. Organized around lively and authentic examples drawn from jury trials, contemporary political and social debate, and advertising, the book discusses not only how to detect fallacies, but also how to examine, appreciate, and construct cogent arguments. For a lifetime of thinking critically and creating arguments about any and all of life's controversies.

Genres: Philosophy, Logic, Law, Nonfiction

504 pages, Paperback

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 !!!