Current Issues and Enduring Questions: A Guide to Critical Thinking and Argument, with Readings

Current Issues and Enduring Questions: A Guide to Critical Thinking and Argument, with Readings
ISBN-10
0312115059
ISBN-13
9780312115050
Series
Current Issues and Enduring Questions
Category
Logic
Pages
852
Language
English
Published
1996
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Authors
Sylvan Barnet, Hugo Adam Bedau

Description

A text and anthology for undergraduate students, explaining how to read others' arguments and how to write arguments, and offering some 100 essays from ancient times to the present. Part 1 covers using sources, evaluating evidence, and organizing material. Part 2 contains debates on contemporary issues such as abortion, drug legalization, and immigration. Part 3 provides classic and contemporary essays on issues such as the ideal society. Part 4 offers examples of literary criticism, new to this fourth edition. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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