RESOURCES
TO IMPROVE YOUR CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS AND TO HELP YOU
DEVELOP SOUND ARGUMENTS
Do not believe in anything
simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in traditions simply because
they have been handed down for many generations. Do not believe in anything
simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything
simply because it is found written in your religious books. Do not believe in
anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders.
But after observation and
analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the
good and benefit of one and all then accept it and live up to it.
--Buddha
( This quote provided by former student Matt Burrows)
Be very, very careful what
you put into that head, because you will never, ever get it out.
--Thomas Wosley ( 1471-1530
)
"Contrariwise",
continued Tweedledee, "If it was so, it might be; and if it were so, it
would be; but as it isn't, it ain't. That's logic."
-- Lewis Carroll: Alice
In Wonderland
Companion
Site To
Current Issues And Enduring Questions
Be sure to explore this site!
PAGE CONTENTS
ARGUMENT
CRITICAL THINKING
OTHER RELEVANT CONCERNS
INTELLECTUAL STIMULATION
ISSUES AND CONTROVERSIES
We don't see things as
they are. We see things as we are.
--Anais Nin
ARGUMENT
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What
is an Argument
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Logic
and Argument: An Introduction
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The
Process Of Reasoning
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Debatable
and Non-Debatable Statements
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Argument
Good overview.
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The
Argument
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Experiments
In Critical Thinking
Abortion, Affirmative Action, Hate
Speech
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A
Reasoned View
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Rogerian
Argument
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Toulmin
Method of Argument
The one to know, understand, and
use.
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Writing
Argumentative Essays
Comprehensive.
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Developing
Argument Tutorials
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Logical
Argument: Using Logic In Composition
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Writing
Argumentative Essays
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Writing
Tools For Arguments
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Elements
of Argument
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Written
Argumentation
A
tutorial for writing and analyzing arguments.
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Evaluating
and Writing Arguments
Provides
excellent links to writing
argumentative essays available on the Internet.
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Criteria for Analyzing Arguments
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Researching
Arguments
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Straight
Thinking, Common Sense, and Good Arguments
Must reading!
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Logic
and Reasoning Introductory Material
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Deductive
and Inductive Thinking
Be
sure to explore the links on this site.
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The
Problem Of Induction
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Fallacies Leading to Assumptions of Common Sense
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Validity
and Soundness
Short
and sweet.
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Introduction
to Validity
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Fallacies
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Fallacies
Index
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Baloney
Detection
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Informal
Fallacies
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Informal
Fallacies
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Beliefs
And Fallacies
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The
Logical Fallacies
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Fallacies
Leading To Assumptions Of Common Sense
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Logic
and Fallacies
Constructing
a logical argument and explanations of fallacies
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Analyzing
Arguments By Analogy
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Logical
Fallacies In Scientific Writing
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Analyzing
Statistical And Causal Arguments
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Establishing
A Cause and Effect Relationship
CRITICAL THINKING
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Argument
and Critical Thinking
Comprehensive
and interactive.
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Critical
Thinking is. . .
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Critical Thinking: What is It Good For?, What is
It?
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Mission Critical
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Roots of Sound,
Rational Thinking
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Making
Moral Decisions In The Face Of Uncertainty
An exercise in critical thinking
and values analysis in the face of conflicting information.
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Critical
Thinking: Essays, Articles, and Book Chapters
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Critical
Thinking
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Critical
Thinking
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Critical
Thinking Psychology Exercises
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Core
Concepts in Critical Thinking
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Skepticism
And Critical Thinking
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Center
for Critical Thinking
Contains
a wide range of articles on critical thinking along
with glossary of terms used
in the study of argument and critical thinking.
You cannot reason a
person out of a position he did not reason himself into in the
first place.
--Jonathan Swift
ISSUES
AND CONTROVERSIES
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National
and Social Issues
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Justice Learning: Explore the Issues
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Issues
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The
Talk. Origins Archive
Exploring the Creation/Evolution
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Speak
Out
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Controversial
Topics for Research Papers and Resources
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Top
Links
Excellent links on the most common
writing topics.
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Issues
and Causes
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Controversial
Issues And Resources
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Argumentative
Essay Topics with Resources
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Issues
Pro & Con
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Social
Issues and Resources
OTHER RELEVANT CONCERNS
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Conversational
Terrorism
How
not to talk.
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Propaganda
Analysis
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Scientific Review of
Alternative Medicine
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Propaganda
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Propaganda
Techniques And Errors In Faulty Logic
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The
Bill Of Intellectual Rights
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Scapegoating
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Anatomy
of a Rumor
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Information
Counterfeits
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Bible
Contradictions
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How
Verbal Self-Defense Works
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Analyzing
a Controversial Topic Web Site
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Idioblast
Liberalism from around the world:
Informative essays and
persuasive articles.
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Statistics
Every Writer Should Know
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Statistics:
Cast Your Vote
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The
Scientific Method
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Conversations
With History
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Seven
Warning Signs Of Bogus Science
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Introduction
to Creative Thinking
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Enchanted
Mind
Accelerate your creative potential.
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Philosophy
in Cyberspace
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Internet
Encyclopedia of Philosophy
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Stanford
Encyclopedia of Philosophy
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A
Four Step Way Of Dealing With Conflict
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Structure
of Research
Nature
of sound research.
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Test
Your IQ Then
again. . . .
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Public
Agenda Online
Results of
public opinion polls,
as well as how they can be misleading
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Project Syndicate
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The
Gallup Organization Find out what the majority
thinks.
Find out what America thinks.
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Harris
Poll Online
We find comfort among
those who agree with us; growth among those who don't.
--Frank A. Clark.
The best defense against
logic is ignorance.
--Unknown
INTELLECTUAL STIMULATION
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Arts
& Letters Daily
Ideas,
criticism, debate. Highly recommended!!!
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SciTech
Daily Review
Companion site
to Arts & Letters Daily.
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Confronting
Technology
-
125
Questions: What Don't We Know
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World Question Center
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Butterflies and Wheels
Fighting Fashionable Nonsense
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Arts
Journal
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Idioblast
Liberalism from around the
web.
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Conversations
With History
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The
Talk. Origins Archive
Exploring the Creation/Evolution
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The
Problem Of Induction
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Bad
Subjects: Political Education For Every-Day Life
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Think
Sideways
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Journal
of Mundane Behavior
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Closer
To Truth
Brings together leading
scientists, scholars, and artists
to discuss and debate the fundamental issues of our times.
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Independent
Argument
Journal of argument and
opinion.
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Center for
Cognitive Studies
Articles
by Daniel Dennett and others. Heavy!
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Edge
Find out what today's leading thinkers
think.
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The
New Humanists
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The
Big View
Philosophy, mystery, reality.
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Marvin Minsky's Home Page
We all should be so damn smart!
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Rheingold's
Brainstorms
Lots
of brain fun!
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Serendip
Interactive, too.
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Great
Thinkers and Visionaries on The Net
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Conversations
with History
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The
Manhattan Institute
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The
Independent Birth of Organisms
Clear
your head. Put your brain in gear.
After this, you'll be a better thinker.
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The
Idea Channel
Video
taped conversations with and between
some of the world's greatest thinkers.
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Culture
Shock
Warning!!
This Web site might make you think.
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From
Gutenberg to Hypertext
A
new way of understanding. A
revolution in human thought
What would this country
be without this great land of ours.
--Ronald Reagan
Smoking kills. If you're
killed, you've lost a very important part of your life.
--Brooke Shields
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