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Critical Thinking

Workshop resources

Argumentation presentation (Download as PDF)
  • Further practice: simple arguments to map (Download as PDF)
  • Further practice: complex arguments to map (Download as PDF)

Links and further reading

Kevin deLaplante - The Critical Thinker Academy
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All of Kevin deLaplante’s videos are aimed at the general student, and cover a wide variety of critical thinking topics.  His full range of courses is available at his Critical Thinker Academy website. 

criticalthinkeracademy.com
argumentninja.com
Basic CONCEPTS in Logic & Argumentation (12 videos)
Common Valid and Invalid Argument Forms (9 videos)
Critical Thinking about Science (12 videos)
A+ Essays: A Structured Approach to Successful Essay Writing (25 videos)
How to Write a Good Argumentative Essay (12 videos)
Gregory Sadler - Critical Thinking Programme, Fayetteville State University
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Picked from a mammoth collection of philosophy video tutorials, this is a YouTube playlist of 24 lectures, recorded live with students.  These are very accessible and address the core concepts of argumentation, building slowly to a full understanding.
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reasonio.wordpress.com
CRITICAL THINKING PROGRAMME, FAYETTEVILLE STATE UNIVERSITY, 2011 (24 videos)
Jamel Ostwald's Argument Mapping tutorials

  • Crib sheet: The Basics

An eight-part PDF series detailing how to use mapping to deconstruct and analyse arguments:
  • Part 1: Introduction​
  • Part 2: Claims and Reasons
  • ​Part 3: Boxes and Arrows
  • Part 4: Identifying Assumptions (copremises)
  • Part 5: Objections
  • Part 6: Model Maps
  • Part 7: Prose to Map
  • Part 8: Claims Tables
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Writing a critique of another person's argument - Theodore Gracyk
  • Details the critique process, including challenging assumed premises 

Introduction to logic (7th Edition) - University of Kentucky
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    • Reading & note-taking
    • Referencing, quoting & paraphrasing
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