Name: Introducing Logic and Critical Thinking - The Skills of Reasoning and the Virtues of Inquiry By T. Ryan Byerly
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Introducing Logic and Critical Thinking - The Skills of Reasoning and the Virtues of Inquiry by T. Ryan Byerly

This robust, clear, and well-researched textbook for classes in logic introduces students to both formal logic and to the virtues of intellectual inquiry. Part 1 challenges students to develop the analytical skills of deductive and inductive reasoning, showing them how to identify and evaluate arguments. Part 2 helps students develop the intellectual virtues of the wise inquirer. The book includes helpful pedagogical features such as practice exercises and a concluding summary with definitions of key concepts for each chapter. Resources for professors and students are available through Baker Academic's Textbook eSources.

About T. Ryan Byerly

T. Ryan Byerly (PhD, Baylor University) is lecturer in philosophy of religion at the University of Sheffield in Sheffield, England. He previously taught at Regent University. He is the author of The Mechanics of Divine Foreknowledge and Providence and coeditor of the forthcoming book Paradise Understood: New Philosophical Essays about Heaven.

Contents

Preface for Instructors
Part 1: The Skills of Reasoning
1. Introduction to Arguments
1.1 Arguments vs. Nonarguments
Exercise 1.1
1.2 Evaluating Arguments
Exercise 1.2
2. Deductive Logic
2.1 Famous Forms Method
Exercise 2.1
2.2 Counterexample Method
Exercise 2.2
2.3 Venn Diagram Method
Exercise 2.3
2.4 Proof Method
Exercise 2.4
2.5 Expanded Proof Method with Predicates and Quantifiers
Exercise 2.5
3. Inductive Logic
3.1 Statistical Syllogism
Exercise 3.1
3.2 Induction by Enumeration
Exercise 3.2
3.3 Arguments from Authority
Exercise 3.3
3.4 Arguments from Analogy
Exercise 3.4
3.5 Inference to the Best Explanation
Exercise 3.5
Part 2: The Virtues of Inquiry
4. Internal Virtues
4.1 Love of Intellectual Excellence
Exercise 4.1
4.2 Intellectual Courage and Caution
Exercise 4.2
4.3 Introspective Vigilance
Exercise 4.3
5. Virtues of Intellectual Dependence
5.1 Trust
Exercise 5.1
5.2 Interpretive Charity
Exercise 5.2
5.3 Intellectual Empathy
Exercise 5.3
6. Virtues of Intellectual Dependability
6.1 Intellectual Generosity
Exercise 6.1
6.2 Communicative Clarity
Exercise 6.2
6.3 Audience Sensitivity
Exercise 6.3
Appendix: Argument Forms and Proof Rules
Glossary of Key Terms

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ISBN 13

9780801030819

ISBN 10

0801030811

Title

Introducing Logic and Critical Thinking - The Skills of Reasoning and the Virtues of Inquiry by T. Ryan Byerly

Author

T. Ryan Byerly

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New

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Paperback

Publisher

Baker Publishing Group

Year published

2017-08-01

Number of pages

256

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Introducing Logic and Critical Thinking - The Skills of Reasoning and the Virtues of Inquiry T. Ryan Byerly

Introducing Logic and Critical Thinking - The Skills of Reasoning and the Virtues of Inquiry by T. Ryan Byerly

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Introducing Logic and Critical Thinking - The Skills of Reasoning and the Virtues of Inquiry by T. Ryan Byerly

About T. Ryan Byerly

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