Context. The email. Should I assume he means that me saying “That’s all I got” is selling myself short, because I gave good, solid, information?
—After doing a little closer look at the links. I like alot of the material that is in there. It brings back good memories of college AND refreshes thinking strategies. One big thing I don’t like about the first link (FL) is the presentation of their material. It might have little to do with the books merit, but I hate having to click around 100 links to get new information. Second Link (SL) gives me a PDF and I can scroll easy to retrieve info.
Another thing is the first chapter, FL immediately delves into credibility without talking about argument. One of the things I loved about logic and critical thinking was from day 1 you learn how to rethink your arguments and it seems like SL is definitely laid out a little better that way. And along those lines SL does a slightly better job presenting the vocabulary you’d study from the book. After Unit 1 FL doesn’t let you peek. (I understand protecting their product, but come on…give us a little bit more to get a feel for what we’d be teaching)
Moving forward: from SL I see things I like such as: fallacy, dilemma, ethics, and a few different sections in different chapters that are on reasoning and argument.
No matter what choice we make I am sure that there’s a similar payoff for both. The material probably isn’t that much different either (FL does have a section about Prince Harry groping some girls breast though!). When I first went to college I was a very unsure person, and unordered in my thinking, after taking logic and critical thinking early on I felt more ready to tackle my University courses. When I’m actively applying the principles I learned in those classes I’m a happier person than when I get lazy with them.
That’s all I got—