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Click to jump to the web site   'Logical Analogy': An approach to critical thinking from David Marans at St. Thomas U, Miami. Great instructor resource for critical thinking in one .pdf file.

Click to jump to the web site   'Fallacy Files': Loads of fallacies with examples, sub-fallacies, links, etc. Uses frames.

Click to jump to the web site   Argument mapping Tutorials. Nice set of simple tutorials on (you've got it) mapping arguments. Which is nice.

Click to jump to the web site   Lots of notes on Rhetorical Theory and its advocates, including a whole bunch of Greeks and a raft of other theorists. Clunky layout but stuffed with content.  (at Wayback)

Click to jump to the web site   Andrew Cline's 'Rhetorica' site including analysis of speeches and a nice rhetoric primer.

Click to jump to the web site   Professor Barry Eckhouse's online course material on 'Logic, Argument and Persuasion' at rhetor.com. This is how the Greeks did it. A goldmine of logic, but may be too academic for some.

Click to jump to the web site   Aristotle's 'Rhetoric' online.  'Rhetoric may be defined as the faculty of observing in any given case the available means of persuasion' (from book 1, chapter 2). Heavy going.

Click to jump to the web site   A quick summary of Aristotle's persuasion techniques. (at Wayback)

Click to jump to the web site   A beautifully designed, ad-free site that teaches critical thinking over four chapters. It's nominally about economics, but is general enough to be widely applicable.

Click to jump to the web site   A multi-page, ad-free, detailed site on logical fallacies from Stephen Downe.

Click to jump to the web site   A nice, simple and long list of fallacies in arguments.

Click to jump to the web site   A 'Logic Classroom' self-study guide for classical logic from San José State University. Includes downloadable zip file of the whole show.

Click to jump to the web site   A deep resource, nicely presented, from Colorado State University, aimed at helping students write logical and clear arguments in their academic essays.

Click to jump to the web site   The 'LogicTutor' site by Michael Green, designed to go with his books 'The Art of Reasoning'. Includes exercises and explanations.

Click to jump to the web site   'Rhetorical Resources' - A nice set of lecture notes on rhetoric, from Bradley U.

Click to jump to the web site   'Humbug online' - A friendly online blog about fallacies, from the authors of "Humbug: the skeptic's field guide to spotting fallacies in thinking".

Click to jump to the web site   'American Rhetoric' - Lots of rhetoric and speeches - in both text and audio. Both Christian and Political rhetoric are included, as well as many classic movie speeches.

Click to jump to the web site   'Force of Destiny' - Sub-sections on fallacies, logic, and critical thinking.

Click to jump to the web site   'Argumentation analysis' - Some fallacies and many interesting extras on spin and deception.

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