The following is a list of some of the critical thinking texts and readers currently available; books containing a significant amount of readings are marked with a turquoise ball. Clickable titles link to reviews by instructors who have used that text in class. (Opinions expressed, of course, are not necessarily those of Mission: Critical.) If you would like to contribute a review of a text you have used, even if that text has already been reviewed here, please e-mail it to Mission Control.

Texts

Barnet, Sylvan and Hugo Bedau. Current Issues and Enduring Questions. Bedford/St. Martin's, 1999 (5th ed).

Bierman, Arthur K. The Critical Thinking Handbook. Prentice Hall, 1996.

Browne, M. Neil and Stuart M. Keeley. Asking the Right Questions: A Guide to Critical Thinking. Prentice Hall, 1994 (4th ed, with manual).

Cooper, Sheila and Rosemary Patton. Writing Logically, Thinking Critically. Longman, 1997 (2nd ed).

Copi, Irving M. and Keith Burgess-Jackson. Informal Logic. Prentice Hall, 1996 (3rd ed).

Crusius, Timothy W. and Carolyn E. Channell. The Aims of Argument. Mayfield, 1995.

Diestler, Sherry. Becoming a Critical Thinker: A User-Friendly Manual. Macmillan, 1994.

Engel, S. Morris. With Good Reason: An Introduction to Informal Fallacies. St. Martin's

Ennis, Robert H. Critical Thinking. Prentice Hall, 1996.

Fearnside, W. Ward. About Thinking. Prentice Hall, 1997 (2nd ed).

Feldman, Richard. Reason and Argument. Prentice Hall, 1993 (2nd ed).

Kahane, Howard. Logic and Contemporary Rhetoric. Wadsworth, 1995 (7th ed).

Kelley, David. The Art of Reasoning. Norton, 1990 (Expanded ed, with manual).

Kirby, Gary R. and Jeffery R. Goodpaster. Thinking. Prentice Hall, 1995 (with manual).

Lunsford, Andrea A. and John J. Ruszkiewicz. Everything's an Argument. Bedford/St. Martin's, 1999.

Miller, Robert K. The Informed Argument: A Multidisciplinary Reader and Guide. Harcourt Brace, 1995 (4th ed).

Moore, Brooke Noel. Making Your Case: Critical Thinking and the Argumentative Essay. Mayfield, 1995.

Moore, Brooke Noel and Richard Parker. Critical Thinking. Mayfield,1995 (4th ed, with manual).

Romain, Dianne. Thinking Things Through: Critical Thinking for Decisions You Can Live With. Mayfield, 1997 (w/ manual).

Rottenberg, Annette T. Elements of Argument. Bedford, 1997 (5th ed).

Schwartz, Sharon and Harvey Lape. Thinking Socratically. Prentice Hall, 1997.

Teays, Wanda. Second Thoughts: Critical Thinking from a Multicultural Perspective. Mayfield, 1996 (w/ manual).

Thomas, Stephen Naylor. Practical Reasoning in Natural Language. Prentice Hall, 1997.

Toulmin, Stephen et al. An Introduction to Reasoning. Macmillan, 1984 (2nd ed).

Winterowd, W. Ross and Geoffrey R. Winterowd. The Critical Reader, Thinker, and Writer. Mayfield, 1997 (2nd ed).