Table of Contents

Dedication:
Preface:
Acknowledgments:
Unit 1. What Is Critical Thinking?
Chapter 1. Socrates Part 1: Life and Method
Appendix. An Excerpt from The Clouds
Chapter 2. Socrates Part 2: Life and Death
Chapter 3. On Socrates's Two Favorite Questions
Interlude: Socrates at Work
Part 1. The Euthyphro
Part 2. The Apology
Unit 2. Obstacles to Critical Thinking
Chapter 4. Cognitive Biases
Appendix. Critical Thinking in Dickens's A Christmas Carol
Chapter 5. Relativism and Skepticism
Unit 3. Build a Solid Knowledge Base
Chapter 6. Reason and the Senses
Chapter 7. Personal Experience, Testimony, and Expert Authority
Chapter 8. Watch Out for Logical Fallacies
Interlude: Critical Thinking and Freedom
Chapter 9. The Internet, News Media, and Advertising
Interlude: The Myth of the Cave
Unit 4. Criteria for Correct Reasoning
Chapter 10. Deduction and Induction: A Closer Look
Chapter 11. Explorations in Inductive Reasoning: The Logic of Science
Appendix. Elementary Probability Theory:
Interlude: Critical Thinking and the Birth of Modern Science
Chapter 12. Explorations in Deductive Reasoning: Categorical Logic
Appendix 1. Testing Syllogisms Using Rules:
Appendix 2. How an Idea in Logic Led to the Digital Computer and Transformed the World:
Unit 5. Moral Reasoning, Worldviews, and the Examined Life
Chapter 13. Critical Thinking and Moral Reasoning
Chapter 14. Critical Thinking, Worldviews, and the Examined Life
Epilogue:
Answers to Selected Exercises:
Glossary:
Index:

About the Author

Paul Herrick received his PhD in philosophy from the University of Washington. Since 1983 he has taught philosophy at Shoreline Community College. He is the author of two previous books published by Oxford University Press: Introduction to Logic (2012) and The Many Worlds of Logic, Second Edition (1999).

Reviews

"For a critical thinking course, I would adopt this book in a heartbeat. I would also consider using it as a supplemental text in Introduction to Philosophy. The basic idea of teaching critical thinking as illustrated in the Socratic dialogues is excellent. Herrick writes in a lucid, entertaining, accessible style that will hold students' attention."--Andrew V. Jeffery, Green River Community College and Pierce College
"It's the framing of the critical thinking course as a philosophy course that attracts me to Think with Socrates--a critical thinking book that gets back to doing philosophy."--Ed Pluth, California State University, Chico
"Awesome. I cannot wait until the book is published."--Beverly J. Whelton, Wheeling Jesuit University k Yes
"It's remarkably clever to use Socrates in this way, especially with the full text of the Euthyphro in the middle."--Russell DiSilvestro, California State University, Sacramento
"This book fills a need for a more philosophical approach to critical thinking."--Peter Westmoreland, University of Florida