Introducing Logic and Critical Thinking – The Skills of Reasoning and the Virtues of Inquiry

T. Ryan Byerly (PhD, Baylor University) is lecturer in philosophy of religion at the University of Sheffield in Sheffield, England. He previously taught at Regent University. He is the author of The Mechanics of Divine Foreknowledge and Providence and coeditor of the forthcoming book Paradise Understood: New Philosophical Essays about Heaven.

• ContentsPreface for InstructorsPart 1: The Skills of Reasoning1. Introduction to Arguments1.1 Arguments vs. NonargumentsExercise 1.11.2 Evaluating ArgumentsExercise 1.22. Deductive Logic2.1 Famous Forms MethodExercise 2.12.2 Counterexample MethodExercise 2.22.3 Venn Diagram MethodExercise 2.32.4 Proof MethodExercise 2.42.5 Expanded Proof Method with Predicates and QuantifiersExercise 2.53. Inductive Logic3.1 Statistical SyllogismExercise 3.13.2 Induction by EnumerationExercise 3.23.3 Arguments from AuthorityExercise 3.33.4 Arguments from AnalogyExercise 3.43.5 Inference to the Best ExplanationExercise 3.5Part 2: The Virtues of Inquiry4. Internal Virtues4.1 Love of Intellectual ExcellenceExercise 4.14.2 Intellectual Courage and CautionExercise 4.24.3 Introspective VigilanceExercise 4.35. Virtues of Intellectual Dependence5.1 TrustExercise 5.15.2 Interpretive CharityExercise 5.25.3 Intellectual EmpathyExercise 5.36. Virtues of Intellectual Dependability6.1 Intellectual GenerosityExercise 6.16.2 Communicative ClarityExercise 6.26.3 Audience SensitivityExercise 6.3Appendix: Argument Forms and Proof RulesGlossary of Key Terms