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Thinking from A to Z
by Nigel Warburton
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Routledge (2000-04-06)
ISBN: 0415222818
EAN: 9780415222815
Dewy Decimal #: 153.4303
Paperback: 160 pages
Edition: 2nd Revised edition
SKU: B418-B-1005
Condition: New
Comments: In stock - Immediate despatch from an efficient and professional leading British bookselling firm.
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Customer Reviews
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Good Reference
Rating  (4)
Date: 2002-08-14
31 out of 33 customers found this reveiw helpful
If you're looking for something in the same style as Warburton's Philosophy: The Basics (which is highly recommended) you may be a bit disappointed in this book. The style is very much more like a dictionary of thinking. Each entry describes a kind of argument or thought pattern and is cross referenced to others. This makes it a bit difficult to read in a lineary fashion but does aid in it's use as a reference tool. 5 stars for content, 3 stars for format.
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Clear thinking made clear!
Rating  (5)
Date: 2000-09-14
24 out of 33 customers found this reveiw helpful
This book should be compulsory preparation for anyone who has to read the output of politicians, consultants, journalists, pundits or experts in any field.I have not come across a more accessible guide the the rhetoric, sloppy thinking, and pure sophistry that is evident in much factual analysis and opinion today. Buy at once!
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Useful Glossary of Philosophical Terminology
Rating (4)
Date: 2000-08-19
37 out of 42 customers found this reveiw helpful
Being able to spot poor reasoning and diversionary tactics such as fallacies, gobbledegook, jargon, pseudo-profundity and smokescreens will put more clout behind your arguments and sharpen your thinking. As an introduction to critical thinking, this delightfully concise little book provides some of the basic tools for clear thinking on any issue. The techniques and topics discussed are transferable and can be applied to any area in which clear thought is required: they have direct applications in most academic disciplines and in any facet of life in which people present reasons and evidence in support of conclusions.Now in its second edition, this book is a set text for the Open University A211 Philosophy and the Human Situation course. It will give you the power to tell a good from a bad argument. Using witty and topical examples, author Nigel Warburton will enable you to distinguish with confidence between a red herring and a straw man. This new edition updates the whole text and includes many new entries, all listed in alphabetical order. However, the next edition should include the following suggested entries: * ergo et sum * I think, therefore I am * Rene Descartes * logic * Betrand Russell * Lateral thinking * Six Thinking Hats * tautology
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