Giving Reasons
An Extremely Short Introduction to Critical Thinking
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Further Resources
Other Books:
Weston, Anthony. Rulebook for Arguments, 4th edition (Indianapolis: Hackett Publishing, 2008).
A guide to critical thinking, providing helpful guidance for applying many of the ideas found in Giving Reasons.
Morrow, David R. and Anthony Weston. A Workbook for Arguments, 2nd edition (Indianapolis: Hackett Publishing, 2015)
A complete course in critical thinking, based on Anthony Weston's Rulebook for Arguments. The Workbook includes rules for evaluating and constructing arguments, tips for applying those rules, and exercises based on real-life arguments.
Online Resources:
- Workbook for Arguments Twitter feed
- Tweeting links to web pages, news articles, etc. containing arguments about various topics of interest. Use these sources to practice identifying, analyzing, and evaluating arguments.
- Debate.org
- An online community where you can read and participate in online debates about a wide range of topics. These debates offer a chance to practice analyzing, evaluating, and constructing arguments.
- Kevin deLaplante’s video on Identifying Premises and Conclusions
- A five-minute video on identifying premises and conclusions, which is part of a larger set of videos associated with deLaplante’s Critical Thinker Academy
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Wireless Philosophy's Critical Thinking playlist
- More than thirty short videos (5–10 minutes each) introducing key ideas in critical thinking. See especially the videos on deductive arguments, justification and explanation, implicit premises, and normative and descriptive claims, as well as videos on various fallacies and cognitive biases.
- WiPhi homepage
- WiPhi Critical Thinking playlist
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Some online resources about evaluating online resources
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Fallacy Files
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Wikipedia article on syllogisms