Real Parents, Real Children: Parenting the Adopted Child

Description

Uses contemporary psychological explanations and remedies for pervasive errors in belief formation. No other critical thinking text generally applies this psychological approach
Rigorously addresses the evaluation of premises based on testimony, in particular the testimony of internet sources
Carefully explains the concept of validity, paying particular attention to distinguishing logical possibility from other species of possibility
Uses frequency trees as a simple and reliable alternative to more complicated Bayesian methods
Uses arguments maps, which improve students＊ reasoning and argument evaluation