The Power of Critical Thinking: Effective Reasoning About Ordinary and Extraordinary Claims 6th Edition (PDF) provides the broadest range of tools to show college students how critical thinking applies in their lives and the world around them. It explores the essentials of critical reasoning, logic, argumentation, and argumentative essay writing while also incorporating important topics that most other textbooks leave out, such as scientific reasoning, “inference to the best explanation,” visual reasoning, evidence, and authority, and obstacles to critical thinking.
Reviews
“Vaughn’s textbook is one of the most readable critical thinking textbooks. It is written for freshmen college students, even those who are not fully prepared for college-level work. The self-assessment, quizzes, and integrated exercises are among the best features of this ebook.” — Tobyn DeMarco, Bergen Community College
“This is an excellent critical thinking ebook! I will likely adopt it for future classes. It is well written, appropriate, and engaging for undergraduates, and has a lot of good exercises, including real-world applications. In addition, the cost is much more affordable than competing textbooks, without compromising the content.” — Ken Hochstetter, College of Southern Nevada
“The Power of Critical Thinking is a great textbook. Its strengths are its repetition of key ideas and the many real-world applications, like the connection between ESP and expectation. This textbook offers a taste of all areas of human reasoning in an accessible and intelligent manner. The fun information boxes will also keep college students interested.” — June Yang, Grossmont College
NOTE: This sale only includes Vaughn’s ebook The Power of Critical Thinking: Effective Reasoning About Ordinary and Extraordinary Claims 6e in PDF. No access codes included.
