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This thorough introduction to good reasoning has been refined over more than twenty years.

Jeff McLaughlin's How to Think Critically begins with the premise that we are all, every day, engaged in critical thinking. But as we may develop bad habits in daily life if we don't scrutinize our practices, so we are apt to develop bad habits in critical thinking if we are careless in our reasoning. This book exists to instill good thinking habits: attentiveness to word choice, avoidance of fallacies, and effective construction and assessment of arguments. With relatable and often amusing examples included throughout, the book adopts a degree of technical sophistication that is rigorous and yet still easily applied to ordinary situations. Readers are presented with a traditional step-by-step method for analysis that can be applied to all argument forms. Hundreds of exercises (with solutions) are included, as are several random statement generators which can be used to create thousands of additional examples. Venn diagrams, truth tables, and other essential concepts are presented not as definitions for academic study but as tools for better thinking and living.

Written collaboratively by writing instructors at the Queen's University Writing Centre, A Writer's Handbook is a compact yet thorough guide to academic writing for a North American audience. This clear and concise handbook outlines strategies both for thinking assignments through and for writing them well.

For centuries, English monarchs and governments have struggled with what they came to term 'the Irish Question'. Through 75 primary source documents, contextualized by informative introductions and annotations, this volume explores the political, economic, and cultural impacts of the relationship between Ireland and England.

The Afrofuturist plot of Pauline E. Hopkins's Of One Blood (1902-03) weaves together a lost African city, bigamy, incest, murder, ancient prophecies, a thwarted leopard attack, racial passing, baby switching, mesmerism, and hauntings - both literal ghost hauntings and metaphoric hauntings from the sins of slavery.

Examines environmental philosophy in the context of climate denial, inaction, and thoughtlessness. The book introduces readers to the varied theories and movements of environmental philosophy. But more than that, it seeks to unsettle our received understanding of the world and our role in it.

Provides an overview of the philosophy of sport, ranging from fundamental questions about the nature of sport to ethical issues at the forefront of discussions of what sport should be. This edition has been updated and expanded to provide broader and deeper coverage of this rapidly evolving field.

Presents philosophical theories and ideas with reference to their practical relevance to the lives of student readers. Exercises, activities, and thought experiments are integrated throughout the text, encouraging active and self-reflective reading. Numerous original source texts are included.

Presents a fresh new edition of the most important play by one of Shakespeare's most creative contemporaries. Francis Beaumont's The Knight of the Burning Pestle is a free-wheeling, satirical romp through the world of early modern theatre. Hilarious, outrageous, and unpredictable, Beaumont's comedy confounded its first audiences.

First written in Egypt between the second and fourth centuries, the Physiologus brought together poetic descriptions of animals and their Christian allegories. As the Physiologus was translated into a wide range of languages from across North Africa and much of Europe, each version adapted the text in culturally specific ways that yield fascinating insights for those who delve into this truly global tradition of representing and interpreting animals. This edition provides the original texts and facing-page modern translations of the only two surviving English versions--the Old English Physiologus from the late-tenth-century Exeter Book and the Middle English Physiologus from the mid-thirteenth-century MS Arundel 292--as well as translations of a range of Latin, French, and Old English sources and analogues. Underpinned by a commitment to the fields of medieval studies and animal studies, this edition provides an accessible introduction to the literary history of the Physiologus and the politics of animal representation. It asks the vital question: how can we understand humanity's relationships with non-human animals and the environment today without understanding those relationships' history?

In a fast-moving media world where most workers begin as freelancers (and many may spend their whole careers doing so), this book is a guide for journalism students, recent graduates, and new journalists to orient themselves in the world of freelance work.

A book about how to approach the world with a listening ear, target the perfect audience, and learn the basics of audio editing software. While the book is research-based, it's straightforward, clear, and practical.

Approaches the structure of English from a form-function perspective that is both theoretical and practical. The book asks learners to consider meaning, structure and use, in contrast to many grammars that focus on structure, sometimes to the exclusion of use and even meaning.

A succinct primer meant especially for those without any prior background in logic. Its brevity makes it well-suited to introductory courses with a formal logic component, and its friendly tone offers a welcoming introduction to this often intimidating subject.

Comprehensive in its treatment of poetry and fiction, this book offers features that students most often request, including concise definitions of basic terms of poetry and short fiction, focused discussion of craft, exciting literary models, and engaging hands-on exercises.

In his autobiography, David Hume famously noted that A Treatise of Human Nature "fell dead-born from the press." Yet it is now widely regarded as one of the greatest philosophical works written in the English language. Within, Hume offers an empirically informed account of human nature, addressing a range of topics such as space, time, causality, the external world, personal identity, passions, freedom, necessity, virtue, and vice. This edition includes not only the full text of the Treatise but also Hume's summarizing Abstract, as well as selections drawn from critical book reviews which showcase the work's reception in Hume's own time. Angela Coventry's expert introduction and annotations serve to contextualize the book's themes and arguments for modern readers.

This Broadview Edition of Robert Greene's Selimus is the first single-volume, modernized edition of this underrated dramatic gem in over a century. First published in 1594, the play grippingly stages the bloody fratricidal warfare inaugurating the reign of Selim I (1512-20) as emperor of the Ottoman Empire. Contributing to the expansion of the range of readily available non-Shakespearean early modern English plays, the edition is designed for scholars and students alike, in the study, classroom, or theatre. The critically edited text of the play is accompanied by a full introduction, comprehensive annotations, and ample contextual material from the early modern period, including Greene's pamphlet Greene's Groatsworth of Wit.

Provides practice exercises, including cumulative exercises with which students can check their progress at key points, a 'final exam' to test knowledge of the entire text, a summary of concepts for each chapter, and a complete answer key.

When Branded: A Diary was published in Berlin in 1920, Emmy Hennings was called the most important woman writer of her day. Her autobiographical novel offers a sharp critique of patriarchy and the social injustices of the last decade of the German Empire, infused with a mysticism that celebrates sexual love as a spiritual gift.

Drawing on the pedagogy, rhetorical theory, and student editor insights of The Argument Handbook, The Argument Toolbox is a very concise resource designed to help writing and composition students build persuasive arguments in various genres. Like the more comprehensive text, The Argument Toolbox is organized and designed so that students can zero in on the content they need to respond to an assignment when faced with a blank screen, a hard deadline, and a skeptical audience.

Provides classic and contemporary defenses and critiques of the central ethical theories, along with readings on a selection of moral issues such as freedom of expression, immigration, and the treatment of non-human animals. Generous excerpts of canonical texts are included alongside contemporary works.