Richard Paul:思辨研究专家,国际思辨研究运动主要负责人,已发表200余篇与思辨研究相关的论文、出版5部论述思辨研究的著作。Linda Elder:教育心理学专家、思辨研究专家,在美国多所大学任教,主要教授课程为教育心理学、思辨能力培养;思辨研究协会会长、思辨中心执行主任。
目錄:
Introduction..........i
Truth and Deception in the Human Mind..........1
Uncritical Persons intellectually unskilled thinkers..........2
Skilled Manipulators weak-sense critical thinkers..........4
Fairminded Critical Persons strong-sense critical thinkers..........6
The Concept of Fallacies of Thought..........8
Naming Fallacies..........9
Mistakes Versus Fallacies..........11
There Is No Exhaustive List of Fallacies..........12
Faulty Generalizations..........14
Analyzing Generalizations..........18
Post Hoc Generalizations..........22
Analogies and Metaphors..........23
44 Foul Ways to Win an Argument..........25
44 Foul Ways to Win an Argument chart..........47
Fallacy Detection: Analyzing a Speech from the Past..........48
Fallacy Detection: Analyzing a Current Presidential Speech..........55
Fallacy Detection: Analyzing a Speech from a Presidential Candidate..........61
Avoid Two Extremes..........65
Conclusion: Fallacies in an Ideal and in a Real World..........67