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Giving Reasons

An Extremely Short Introduction to Critical Thinking

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Further Resources

Other Books:

Weston, Anthony. Rulebook for Arguments, 4th edition (Indianapolis: Hackett Publishing, 2008).

A guide to critical thinking, providing helpful guidance for applying many of the ideas found in Giving Reasons.

Morrow, David R. and Anthony Weston. A Workbook for Arguments, 2nd edition (Indianapolis: Hackett Publishing, 2015)

A complete course in critical thinking, based on Anthony Weston's Rulebook for Arguments. The Workbook includes rules for evaluating and constructing arguments, tips for applying those rules, and exercises based on real-life arguments.

Online Resources:

Workbook for Arguments Twitter feed

Tweeting links to web pages, news articles, etc. containing arguments about various topics of interest. Use these sources to practice identifying, analyzing, and evaluating arguments.

Debate.org

An online community where you can read and participate in online debates about a wide range of topics. These debates offer a chance to practice analyzing, evaluating, and constructing arguments.

Kevin deLaplante’s video on Identifying Premises and Conclusions

A five-minute video on identifying premises and conclusions, which is part of a larger set of videos associated with deLaplante’s Critical Thinker Academy

Wireless Philosophy's Critical Thinking playlist

More than thirty short videos (5–10 minutes each) introducing key ideas in critical thinking. See especially the videos on deductive arguments, justification and explanation, implicit premises, and normative and descriptive claims, as well as videos on various fallacies and cognitive biases.
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