IBH 2AE3

CRITICAL THINKING

Undergraduate

Fall 2026 · C01

Readings

eText Critical Thinking: An Introduction To Analytical Reading And Reasoning - 6 Month Access
Wright · Immediate Access
ISBN 9780197876749; 9780199796229

Fall 2026

Topics

Argument analysis
Schematizing reasoning
Diagnostic arguments
Causation and correlation
Testimony and expertise
Sampling
Prediction
Recommendations
Echo chambers
Generative artificial intelligence

Readings

Critical Thinking: An Introduction to Analytical Reading and Reasoning
Larry Wright · 2nd · required
ISBN 9780199796229
Required excerpt: Gary Jason, Observation, Memory, and Testimony.
See source
Required excerpt: C. Thi Nguyen, Transparency Is Surveillance.
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Fall 2025 · C01

Readings

Etext Power Of Critical Thinking 6 Month Access Ed: 6
Macdonald · 6 · Required
ISBN 9780190163884; 9780190163860

Fall 2025 · C01

This course aims to develop students’ skills in identifying and evaluating various kinds of reasoning frequently encountered in everyday life. Likely topics covered in …

Readings

The Power of Critical Thinking
MacDonald and Vaughn · 2023 · 6th · Required
Oxford University Press · ISBN 9780190163860
Katharina Stevens, “Fooling the Victim”, Philosophy & Rhetoric (2021) 54: 109-127.
Required
Lewis Carroll, ‘What the Tortoise said to Achilles’ Mind (1895) 4-14: 278-280.
Required

Sources