Highlights
Accessibility
Mindful of the enormous range of background knowledge and skills that students bring to the introductory critical thinking course, Professor LeBlanc is careful to use direct, conversational prose that avoids jargon and specialized notation.
Smart Design for Quick Reference
Important information is visually highlighted throught Thinking Clearly. Key terms and rules are sumamrized in shaded "Review" boxes, and hueristics and useful techniques are presented in "Stratagies and Conventions" boxes. Altogether, there are over ninety such elements in the text.
Emphasis on Fundamental Issues
Focusing on skills central to all types of argument analysis, Thinking Clearly steers clear of overly theorhetical discussions of specialized topics.
Free Acess to Software
Adopters of the text will be given free license to install LEMUR on networks, download it onto PCs, or copy it for individual students. For details, see LEMUR
Value
At about two-thirds the price of other critcal thinking texts, Thinking Clearly offers students outstanding value, especially considering that access to the LEMUR software is available at no extra charge with purchase of the text.
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