The Rowman & Littlefield handbook for critical thinking

1. Word Hazards: Statements, Ambiguity, and Vagueness

2. Complex Passages: Descriptions, Explanations, and Arguments

3. Finding Arguments

4. Grounding Statements in Fact: Observation, Testimony and Other Arguments Based on Criteria

5. Deduction: Categorical Syllogisms

6. Arguments Based on Propositions

7. Probability Calculations

8. Generalizations and Particularizations

9. Analogical Arguments

10. Evaluating Hypotheses: Inference to Best Explanation

11. Causal Inferences

12. Counterfactual Reasoning

13. Decisions under Risk

14. Decisions under Uncertainty

15. Informal Fallacies

16. Critical Writing: An Audience-Centered Approach to Critical Thinking.