Susan T. Gardner: Thinking Your Way to Freedom

<body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000" link="#0000FF" vlink="#CC0000" alink="#CC0000"><center><hr width="350" size="1" align="center" noshade>An appealing new guide to critical thinking for college students<hr width="350" size="1" align="center" noshade><p><a href="https://cdcshoppingcart.uchicago.edu/Cart/ChicagoBook.aspx?ISBN=9781592138678&&PRESS=temple" target="_top">Buy this book!</a> | <a href="https://cdcshoppingcart.uchicago.edu/Cart/Cart.aspx?PRESS=temple" target="_top">View Cart</a> | <a href="https://cdcshoppingcart.uchicago.edu/Cart/Cart.aspx?PRESS=temple" target="_top">Check Out</a></p><p><img src="1982_reg.gif" height=200 border=1 vspace=4></p></center><h1>Thinking Your Way to Freedom</h1> <H2>A Guide to Owning Your Own Practical Reasoning</H2> <H2>Illustrations by Dirk van Stralen</H2> <h3>Susan T. Gardner</h3> <P>paper 1-59213-867-5 $49.95, Jan 09, <FONT COLOR=#990033>Available</FONT> <br>Electronic Book 1-59213-868-3 $49.95 <FONT COLOR=#990033></FONT> <BR> 296 pp 8.5x11 8 tables 71 figures </P><BLOCKQUOTE><I>�Freedom is a key philosophical idea that is taken seriously in this book. Importantly, freedom is also an idea that is intrinsically interesting to students. The author pulls students into the text by inviting them to view their own status as free agents and as critical thinkers.�</I> <BR>&#151<B>Richard (Mort) Morehouse</B>, Viterbo University<I></I></BLOCKQUOTE> <P><I>Thinking Your Way to Freedom</I> is a critical-thinking textbook with a difference. Rather than focusing exclusively on improving college students� academic achievement, Susan Gardner seeks to dramatically change how students think through issues that are important in their lives beyond school. Gardner created 66 original and entertaining comic strips�featuring her dogs, Diva and Ben�that add a light touch as they encourage intellectual and personal autonomy. Through a clear step-by-step method of practical reasoning, students are taught how to think impartially and how to neutralize invisible biases that limit their freedom of thought and action. With the help of Diva and Ben, readers learn to evaluate the strengths of arguments and to recognize fallacies, all the while avoiding the paralyzing effects of relativism.</P> <p><i>Thinking Your Way to Freedom</i> includes the writing of short essays so that students can improve their critical thinking and writing at the same time. </P> <BR> <h2>Excerpt</h2><P>Excerpt available at <a href="http://www.temple.edu/tempress">www.temple.edu/tempress</a></p> <BR> <h2>Reviews</h2> <p><i>"Gardner places a critical thinking course in the context of a normative philosophy of human freedom and moral autonomy. She argues that human beings should learn to think well, not merely in order to be successful but to realize their potential as human beings. Gardner's tone is lively, personable and engaging, and </i>Thinking Your Way to Freedom<i> is coherent and persuasive."</i> <br>&#151<b>Maughn Gregory</b>, Associate Professor in the Department of Educational Foundations at Montclair University <BR> <h2>Contents</h2><P> <p>List of Comics <br>Acknowledgements <br>Introduction <p><b>Part I: Theory</b> <br>Section 1. The Possibility of Freedom <br>Section 2. Impartial Thinking <p><b>Part II: Practice</b> <br>Section 1. Learning the Intricacies of Practical Reasoning <br>Section 2. Thinking and Writing Your Way to Truth <p>Appendix I: Answers to Exercises <br>Appendix II: Analyzing Atguements <br>Appendix III: Examples of Good Arguments <br>Appendix IV: What "Good" and "Poor" Thinkers Look Like <br>Appendix V: Answers to Pre-tests and Post-tests <br>Notes <br>Glossary <br>Index </P><BR> <H2>About the Author(s)</H2> <table><tr><td valign="top"><img src="/tempress/authors/1982_au.gif" height="90" width="75"></td><td width="100%" valign="middle"><p><b>Susan T. Gardner</b> is Professor of Philosophy at Capilano University in North Vancouver, Canada.</P></td></tr></table> <BR><H2>Subject Categories</H2> <p><A HREF="/tempress/philosophy.html" TARGET="_top">Philosophy and Ethics</a> <BR><A HREF="/tempress/education.html" TARGET="_top">Education</a> </p> <p align="center"><a href="https://cdcshoppingcart.uchicago.edu/Cart/ChicagoBook.aspx?ISBN=9781592138678&&PRESS=temple" target="_top">Buy this book!</a> | <a href="https://cdcshoppingcart.uchicago.edu/Cart/Cart.aspx?PRESS=temple" target="_top">View Cart</a> | <a href="https://cdcshoppingcart.uchicago.edu/Cart/Cart.aspx?PRESS=temple" target="_top">Check Out</a></p><p><font face="Arial" size="1"><a href="copyright.html" onMouseOver="window.status='Web Copyright Policy';return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''" title="Web Copyright Policy">©</a> 2015 <a href="http://www.temple.edu" target="new" onMouseOver="window.status='Link to Temple University home page';return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''" title="Link to Temple University home page">Temple University</a>. All Rights Reserved. http://www.temple.edu/tempress/titles/1982_reg.html</font></p>