a. Textbooks

A List of Available Critical Thinking Textbooks

A current list of textbooks is available at https://ailact.wordpress.com/service/textboooks/.

An older list is below, based on an examination of offerings at the book exhibit at the annual meeting of the Central Division of the American Philosophical Association, Chicago, Spring, 2000.

Bickenback, Jerome E. and Davies, Jacqueline (1997). Good reasons for better arguments: An introduction to the skills and values of critical thinking. Orchard Park, NY: Broadview Press.

Bierman, Arthur K. and Assali, Robin N (1996). The critical thinking handbook. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.

Browne, M. Neil and Keeley, Stuart M. (1998). Asking the right questions: A guide to critical thinking. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.

Carey, Stephen (2000). The uses and abuses of argument: Critical thinking and fallacious reasoning. Mountain View, CA: Mayfield.

Conway, David and Munson, Ronald (2000). The elements of reasoning. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.

Copi, Irving and Burgess-Jackson, Keith (1996). Informal logic. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.

Copi, Irving and Cohen, Carl (1998). Introduction to logic. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.

Diestler, Sherry (1998). Becoming a critical thinker. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.

Ennis, Robert H. (1996). Critical thinking. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.

Fearnside, W. Ward (1997). About thinking. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.

Feldman, Richard (1999). Reason and argument. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.

Fisher, Alec (1988). The logic of real argument. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Groarke, Leo A., Tindale, Christopher A., and Fisher, Linda (1997). Good reasoning matters. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Hoaglund, John (1984). Critical thinking. Newport News, VA: Vale Press.

Kirby, Gary R. and Goodpaster, Jeffrey R. (1999). Thinking. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.

Lape, Harvey (1997). Thinking Socratically. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.

McKay, Thomas J. (2000). Reasons, explanations, and decisions: Guidelines for critical thinking. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.

Missimer, Connie A. (1995). Good arguments: An introduction to critical thinking. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.

Moore, Brooke Noel (1995). Critical thinking and the argumentative essay. Mountain View, CA, Mayfield.

Moore, Brooke Noel and Parker, Richard (1997). Critical thinking: Evaluating claims and arguments in everyday life. Mountain View, CA Mayfield.

Romain, Dianne (1997). Thinking things through: Critical thinking for decisions you can live with. Mountain View, CA: Mayfield.

Ruggiero, Vincent Ryan (1997). Beyond feelings: A guide to critical thinking. Mountain View, CA: Mayfield.

Schick, Theodore and Vaughn, Lewis (1999). How to think about weird things: Critical thinking for a new age.  Mountain View CA: Mayfield.

Teays, Wanda (1996). Second thoughts: Critical thinking from a multicultural perspective. Mountain View, CA: Mayfield.

Thomas, Stephen (1997). Practical reasoning in natural language. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.

Ruchlis, Hy (1990). Clear thinking. New York: Prometheus.

Thomson, Anne (1996). Critical reasoning: A practical introduction. New York: Routledge.

Walter, Bruce N. 1998). Critical thinking: consider the verdict. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.

Walton, Douglas (1989). Inforrmal logic. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Robert H. Ennis, compiler 1/8/01