How to Think Logically -- (2nd Edition) (MyThinkingLab Series) Seay, Gary and Nuccetelli, Susana

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Concise Principles of Reasoning

Concise, yet covering all the basics of a 15-week course in informal logic or critical reasoning, this text engages students with a lively format and clear writing style. The small scale of the book keeps the cost low, a vital consideration in today’s economy, yet without compromising on logical rigor.

The author’s presentation strikes a careful balance: it offers clear, jargon-free writing while preserving rigor. Brimming with numerous pedagogical features, this accessible text assists students with analysis, reconstruction, and evaluation of arguments and helps them become independent, analytical thinkers. Introductory students are exposed to the basic principles of reasoning while also having their appetites whetted for future courses in philosophy.

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In This Section:

I. Author Bio

II. Author Letter

I. Author Bio

Gary Seay has taught formal and informal logic since 1979 at the City University of New York, where he is presently professor of philosophy at Medgar Evers College. His articles on moral philosophy and bioethics have appeared inThe American Philosophical Quarterly, The Journal of Value Inquiry, The Journal of Medicine and Philosophy,and The Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics, among other journals. With Susana Nuccetelli, he is editor ofThemes from G. E. Moore: New Essays in Epistemology and Ethics (Oxford University Press, 2007),Philosophy of Language: The Central Topics (Rowman & Littlefield, 2007), andLatin American Philosophy: An Introduction With Readings (Prentice Hall, 2004). Gary Seay may be contacted atgarys@mec.cuny.edu . For more information about his work, visithttp://www.mec.cuny.edu/academic_affairs/libarts_ed_school/phil_rel_dept/seay_bio.asp.

Susana Nuccetelli is professor of philosophy at St. Cloud State University in Minnesota. Her essays in epistemology and philosophy of language have appeared inAnalysis, The American Philosophical Quarterly, Metaphilosophy, The Philosophical Forum, Inquiry, and The Southern Journal of Philosophy, among other journals. She is editor ofNew Essays in Semantic Externalism and Self-Knowledge (MIT Press, 2003) and author ofLatin American Thought: Philosophical Problems and Arguments (Westview Press, 2002). She is co-editor ofThe Blackwell Companion to Latin American Philosophy (Blackwell, 2009) and, with Gary Seay,Ethical Naturalism: Current Debates (Cambridge University Press, forthcoming, 2011). Susana Nuccetelli may be contacted atsnuccetelli@stcloudstate.edu. For more information about her work, visit http://web.stcloudstate.edu/sinuccetelli/.

II. Author Letter

Dear Colleague,

Now in a new Second Edition, How to Think Logically is a concise and user-friendly textbook for freshman-level logic and critical thinking courses. Focused throughout on arguments and how we may evaluate them, the book is intended to show students how to distinguish between arguments that ought to persuade us and those that should not. It presents students with criteria for assessing both deductive and inductive reasoning, and it does so in a clear writing style much praised by our students. "This book is well written and structured," students have told us again and again over the ten semesters since it first appeared. "It’s easy to understand."

We believe that critical thinking skills are more vital than ever as a component of a liberal education. In a world where college graduates face increasingly fierce competition for jobs, those who are careful reasoners, lucid writers, and clear-headed thinkers are simply better equipped to succeed in any area of specialization. Learning these skills, however, should not be a dry, dull process, but an exercise leavened with humor and down-to-earth examples that students can understand.

How to Think Logically accomplishes these goals with materials designed