The Power of Critical Thinking

Lewis Vaughn is the author or coauthor of numerous books, including Philosophy: Here and Now, Fourth Edition (2022), Bioethics, Fourth Edition (2020), The Power of Critical Thinking, Sixth Edition (2019), and Living Philosophy, Third Edition (2021), all published by Oxford University Press.

Preface
PART 1. BASICS
1. The Power of Critical Thinking
2. Obstacles to Critical Thinking
3. Making Sense of Arguments
PART 2. REASONS
4. Reasons for Belief and Doubt
5. Media Manipulation: Fake News, Bias, and Advertising
6. Fallacies and Persuaders
PART 3. ARGUMENTS
7. Deductive Reasoning: Propositional Logic
8. Deductive Reasoning: Categorical Logic
9. Inductive Reasoning
PART 4. EXPLANATIONS
10. Inference to the Best Explanation
11. Judging Scientific Theories
12. Critical Thinking in Morality and the Law
Appendix A: The Truth About Philosophy Majors
Appendix B: Essays for Evaluation
Appendix C. Answers to Exercises
Appendix D. Answers to Self-Assessment Quizzes
Appendix E. Critical Thinking and Writing
Notes
Glossary
Credits
Index