Hard Thinking

Ideally a logic text should encourage not only criticism of thinking but critical thinking itself. To its great credit ard Thinking<I> does both. |s Nicholas Rescher University of Pittsburgh Mullen effectively combines logic epistemology and good old fashioned common sense. The dialogues and examples are telling; the explanations clear and to the point. The book articulates defends and exemplifies all the important features of 'hard thinking'. Many texts purport to aid in the teaching of thinking; this one will clearly succeed. |s Harvey Siegel University of Miami Not only does Mullen's text challenge students to do some hard thinking but it explains why they should and it shows them how....[T]he text includes strong chapters on both traditional and modern formal logic. As a result this book should prove suitable for a wide variety of courses. |s Bruce Umbaugh Webster University