The Critical Thinking Toolkit

The Critical Thinking Toolkit is a comprehensive compendium that equips readers with the essential knowledge and methods for clear, analytical, logical thinking and critique in a range of scholarly contexts and everyday situations. <ul>
<li>Takes an expansive approach to critical thinking by exploring concepts from other disciplines, including evidence and justification from philosophy, cognitive biases and errors from psychology, race and gender from sociology and political science, and tropes and symbols from rhetoric</li> <li>Follows the proven format of The Philosopher’s Toolkit and The Ethics Toolkit with concise, easily digestible entries, “see also” recommendations that connect topics, and recommended reading lists</li> <li>Allows readers to apply new critical thinking and reasoning skills with exercises and real life examples at the end of each chapter</li> <li>Written in an accessible way, it leads readers through terrain too often cluttered with jargon</li> <li>Ideal for beginning to advanced students, as well as general readers, looking for a sophisticated yet accessible introduction to critical thinking</li> </ul>

Politics & Social Sciences

Foresman, Galen A.

Fosl, Peter S.

Watson, Jamie C.

Philosophy

Wiley/Blackwell

The Philosophers' Toolkit provides all the intellectual equipment necessary to engage with and participate in philosophical argument, reading and reflection. Each of its 87 entries explains how to use an important concept or argumentative technique accurately and effectively.

Philosopher's Toolkit

Baggini, Julian

The Philosophers' Toolkit provides all the intellectual equipment necessary to engage with and participate in philosophical argument, reading and reflection. Each of its 87 entries explains how to use an important concept or argumentative technique accurately and effectively.

The Philosophers Toolkit: A Compendium of Philosophical Concepts and Methods

A new edition of the bestselling guide to the study of philosophy: the ideal intellectual ‘toolkit’ for sharpening analytical skills and building philosophical acuity Whether used as a guide to basic principles or a resource for key concepts and methods, The Philosopher's Toolkit equips readers with all the intellectual ‘tools’ necessary for engaging closely with philosophical argument and developing fluency in the methods and language of philosophical inquiry. Featuring accessible explanations, practical examples, and expert guidance, this text empowers readers to understand traditional philosophical thinking and to engage with new ideas. <ul>
<li>Focuses on the practical methods and concepts necessary for philosophical inquiry</li> <li>Presents a versatile resource for both novice and advanced students in areas of philosophy, critical theory, and rhetoric</li> <li>Adopts a pluralistic approach to teaching philosophy, making this a suitable resource for many courses</li> <li>Delivers extensive cross-referenced entries, recommended readings, and updated online resources</li> <li>Covers an array of topics, from basic tools of argumentation to sophisticated philosophical principles</li> <li>Fully revised and updated to include new topics and entries as well as expanded recommended reading lists to encourage further study</li> </ul>

The Philosopher's Toolkit: A Compendium of Philosophical Concepts and Methods

A new edition of the bestselling guide which equips readers with the skills necessary for engaging in ethical reflection The Ethics Toolkit offers an engaging and approachable introduction to the core concepts, principles, and methods of contemporary ethics. Explaining to students and general readers how to think critically about ethics and actually use philosophical concepts, this innovative volume provides the tools and knowledge required to engage intelligently in ethical study, deliberation, and debate. Invaluable as both a complete guide and a handy reference, this versatile resource provides clear and authoritative information on a diverse range of topics, from fundamental concepts and major ethical frameworks to contemporary critiques and ongoing debates. Throughout the text, Fosl and Baggini highlight the crucial role ethics plays in our lives, exploring autonomy, free will, consciousness, fairness, responsibility, consent, intersectionality, sex and gender, and much more. Substantially revised and expanded, the second edition of The Ethics Toolkit contains a wealth of new entries, new recommended readings, more detailed textual references, and numerous timely real-world and hypothetical examples. <ul> <li>Uses clear and accessible language appropriate for use inside and beyond the classroom</li> <li>Contains cross-referenced entries to help readers connect and contrast ideas</li> <li>Engages both non-Western and Western philosophy</li> <li>Offer insights into key issues in ethics with a firm grounding in the history of philosophy</li> <li>Includes an appendix of tools for the practice of ethics, including links to podcasts, web and print resources, and prominent ethics organizations</li> </ul> Written by the authors of the popular The Philosophers' Toolkit, this new edition of The Ethics Toolkit is a must-have resource for anyone interested in ethics, from general readers to undergraduate and graduate students.

The Ethics Toolkit: A Compendium of Ethical Concepts and Methods

The second edition of this popular compendium provides the necessary intellectual equipment to engage with and participate in effective philosophical argument, reading, and reflection 
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<li>Features significantly revised, updated and expanded entries, and an entirely new section drawn from methods in the history of philosophy</li> <li>This edition has a broad, pluralistic approach--appealing to readers in both continental philosophy and the history of philosophy, as well as analytic philosophy</li> <li>Explains difficult concepts in an easily accessible manner, and addresses the use and application of these concepts</li> <li>Proven useful to philosophy students at both beginning and advanced levels</li> </ul>

Blackwell Pub.

Hume's Scepticism: Pyrrhonian and Academic (Edinburgh Studies in Scottish Philosophy)

Argues that David Hume was a thoroughgoing sceptic on epistemological, metaphysical and doxastic grounds Making a sharp break with dominant contemporary readings of David Hume's scepticism, Peter S. Fosl offers an original and radical interpretation of Hume as a thoroughgoing sceptic. He does this by first situating Hume's thought historically in the sceptical tradition and goes on to interpret the conceptual apparatus of Hume's work.

Edinburgh University Press

Making a sharp break with dominant contemporary readings of David Hume’s scepticism Peter S. Fosl offers an original and radical interpretation of Hume as a thoroughgoing sceptic on epistemological, metaphysical and doxastic grounds. He does this by first situating Hume’s thought historically in the sceptical tradition and goes on to interpret the conceptual apparatus of his work – including the Treatise, Enquiries, Essays, History, Dialogues and letters.\nFrom the Inside Flap\nA complex and historically rich account of scepticismMaking a sharp break with dominant contemporary readings of David Humes scepticism Peter S. Fosl offers an original and radical interpretation of Hume as a thoroughgoing sceptic on epistemological, metaphysical and doxastic grounds. He does this by first situating Humes thought historically in the sceptical tradition and goes on to interpret the conceptual apparatus of his work  including the Treatise, Enquiries, Essays, History, Dialogues and letters. This significant contribution to Hume scholarship advances both historical and logical reasons for the conclusion that Hume is a thoroughgoing radical sceptic.Peter S. Fosl is Professor of Philosophy at Transylvania University, Lexington Kentucky.www.PeterFosl.com\nFrom the Back Cover\nA complex and historically rich account of scepticism Making a sharp break with dominant contemporary readings of David Hume’s scepticism Peter S. Fosl offers an original and radical interpretation of Hume as a thoroughgoing sceptic on epistemological, metaphysical and doxastic grounds. He does this by first situating Hume’s thought historically in the sceptical tradition and goes on to interpret the conceptual apparatus of his work – including the Treatise, Enquiries, Essays, History, Dialogues and letters. This significant contribution to Hume scholarship advances both historical and logical reasons for the conclusion that Hume is a thoroughgoing radical sceptic. Peter S. Fosl is Professor of Philosophy at Transylvania University, Lexington Kentucky. www.PeterFosl.com

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The Critical Thinking Toolkit

The Critical Thinking Toolkit

Philosopher's Toolkit

The Philosophers Toolkit: A Compendium of Philosophical Concepts and Methods

The Philosopher's Toolkit: A Compendium of Philosophical Concepts and Methods

The Ethics Toolkit: A Compendium of Ethical Concepts and Methods

The Philosopher's Toolkit: A Compendium of Philosophical Concepts and Methods

Hume's Scepticism: Pyrrhonian and Academic (Edinburgh Studies in Scottish Philosophy)

Hume's Scepticism: Pyrrhonian and Academic (Edinburgh Studies in Scottish Philosophy)