- 1 Smart Thinking How to Use this Book xi
- What is smart thinking?
- How do we study smart thinking?
- Why do we need to 'think smart'?
- What is smart thinking?
- 2 Claims: The Key Elements of Reasoning
- Understanding language
- More about claims
- Claims and reasoning
- Review
- 3 Linking: The Key Process in Reasoning
- Links between claims
- The analytical structure of reasoning
- Learning more about the analytical structure
- Review
- 4 Understanding the Links between Claims
- Dependent premises
- Special functions of premises Vi CONTENTS
- The link from premises to conclusion
- Review
- 5 More Effective Reasoning I: Better Claims
- Well-formed claims
- Well-founded claims
- Review
- 6 More Effective Reasoning II: Better Links
- Effective use of dependent premises
- Relevance
- Strength of support
- Review
- 7 What Kinds of Reasoning are There?
- Deductive and inductive reasoning
- Categorical and propositional logic
- Five types of reasoning
- Review
- 8 Research, Reasoning, and Analysis
- Reasoning and analysis
- Information understood by where we find it
- Information as it relates to other information
- Information classified by the topic under investigation
- Information as it relates to how we are using it
- Direct and indirect sources
- Review
- 9 Planning and Creating Your Reasoning
- The key analytical questions
- Using the analytical structure for planning
- Review
- The key analytical questions
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