Thinking Socratically Critical Thinking About Everyday Issues

Thinking Socratically: Critical Thinking About Everyday Issues, Second Editionencourages students in a user-friendly way to improve their own natural reasoning skills. An enjoyable collection of readings presents students with real-life situations that raise questions about the basic assumptions of rationality, naturally engaging them in open dialogue--the hallmark of the rational person. The situations range from the problem of evidence at a trial to the absence of an explanation of why two children died in the same day-care center on the same day. The text is distinctively different, both conceptually and pedagogically in its approach and critical thinking. Teaches critical thinking in contexts of ordinary life issues Shows how to be a critical thinker using Socrates as a model Emphasizes open rational dialogue, especially among friends, but even among enemies Is organized in short packets for ease of assignment and retention Includes puzzles of rationality as well as standard items Second edition includes: Ten new readings Expanded coverage of deduction, including Venn diagrams More informal fallacies Fully integrated readings and textSchwarze, Sharon is the author of 'Thinking Socratically Critical Thinking About Everyday Issues', published 2000 under ISBN 9780130281630 and ISBN 0130281638.