Good Arguments: An Introduction to Critical Thinking

by Connie A. Missimer

Book Overview

Proceeds from critical thinking in everyday life to critical thinking in academic fields, with chapters outlining the types of evidence in science, the social sciences and the humanities. This text offers a description of critical thinking as comparison of formulas of critical thinking.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0133118045
• ISBN13: 9780133118049
• Release Date: September 1994
• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

Excellent Guide

Connie Missimer's Good Arguments is the best book I know of to teach beginning argumentation to college freshmen and sophomores. It is clear, elegant, and sharp. I especially like the way she outlines the skeleton of an argument, using thesis, evidence, and implications as crucial aspects of the structure.I have used the book on several occasions as a college textbook and it has proved its worth. Although it is quite expensive, every page is smart and clear, and students really learn from it.I wish that there was just a little bit more humor in the book, and perhaps some illustrations. It is quite dry for young people who have short attention spans. I have to push them through it, and use the book with other materials such as comic strips and jokes to lighten up the rigorous and sustained ideas which Missimer presents. -- Kirby Olson, Ph.D.