The Critical Thinking Book

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Chapters:  
Chapter 1: Critical Thinking: Developing an Effective Worldview  
Chapter 2: Grasping Assertions  
Chapter 3: Understanding Questions  
Chapter 4: Identifying Single Arguments  
Chapter 5: Multiple Arguments, Cases, and Dialogues  
Chapter 6: Pitfalls of Language  
Chapter 7: Definition and Classification  
Chapter 8: Topical Relevance  
Chapter 9: The Realm of the Deductive I: Truth-Functional Logic  
Chapter 10: The Realm of the Deductive II: Class Logic  
Chapter 11: The Realm of the Inductive I: Observation, Memory, and Testimony  
Chapter 12: The Realm of the Inductive II: Inductive Generalization and Inductive Instantiation  
Chapter 13: The Realm of the Inductive III: Analogies  
Chapter 14: The Realm of the Inductive IV: Causal Inference  
Chapter 15: The Realm of the Inductive V: Explanation, Hypothesis, and Prediction  
Chapter 16: Decision Making: A General Model  
Chapter 17: Application I: Marketing and Consumer Choice  
Chapter 18: Application II: Political Propaganda and Democratic Choice  
Chapter 19: Application III: Science versus Pseudoscience