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Informationen zum Autor Emily Ryall is a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Sport, Health and Social Care at the University of Gloucestershire. She has an academic background in Philosophy and Linguistics and holds a PhD in Moral Philosophy as well as a PGCE in Physical Education. She has taught Philosophy, Ethics and Critical Thinking to sports students for several years. Klappentext Unique purpose-written resource to help students in higher education understand and apply critical thinking in the study of sport. Zusammenfassung Unique purpose-written resource to help students in higher education understand and apply critical thinking in the study of sport. Inhaltsverzeichnis Critical thinking and the study of sport What is an Argument? Evaluating an Argument¿s Structure: Deductive Arguments Evaluating an Argument¿s Content: Truth, Evidence and Credibility Assumptions, Generalisations and Hypotheses Evaluating Arguments: Fallacies Evaluating Arguments: Examples
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Critical thinking and the study of sport
What is an Argument?
Evaluating an Argument's Structure: Deductive Arguments
Evaluating an Argument's Content: Truth, Evidence and Credibility
Assumptions, Generalisations and Hypotheses
Evaluating Arguments: Fallacies
Evaluating Arguments: Examples
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This book is SUCH a welcome addition to the sports studies literature. We are forever telling students to take a more critical approach to the literature and this text tells them precisely how to do that! An original and much needed text
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Brunel University
Critical Thinking for Sports Students is an excellent addition to the Active Learning in Sport series. This book ought to be adopted as a required text for students pursuing undergraduate studies in sport. Though this book is geared towards students, it is well worth reading by lecturers teaching on undergraduate and graduate courses and by the general reader interested in developing good thinking
Sport, Ethics and Philosophy
