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The DERIDASC project is examining whether translation of an argument from an informal to a formal representation can really increase confidence in it. Critical Thinking argues for the reconstruction of textual arguments into a logical form for further analysis. The approach involves the reverse engineering of the premises, the final conclusion, and any intermediate conclusions of the argument into a format similar to that found in formal proofs: numbered premises lead to numbered conclusions. This paper is a "self-application" of Critical Thinking to some problematic passages in an introductory text “Critical Thinking” by Bowell & Kemp. The paper is an experiment in "deconstructive" close reading.
Author(s): Armstrong JM
Publication type: Report
Publication status: Published
Series Title: School of Computing Science Technical Report Series
Year: 2004
Pages: 14
Print publication date: 01/03/2004
Source Publication Date: March 2004
Report Number: 829
Institution: School of Computing Science, University of Newcastle upon Tyne
Place Published: Newcastle upon Tyne
URL: http://www.cs.ncl.ac.uk/publications/trs/papers/829.pdf
