Available Books by Vincent Ryan Ruggiero
The following books are available at www.amazon.com
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Making Your Mind Matter. Professor Peter Wood, writes: “Ruggiero gives us an up-to-the-minute guide to recognizing the characteristic fallacies of our time, then expertly offers the practical steps we can take to achieve genuine intellectual independence. Luminous examples bring his excellent practical advice to mind exactly when you need it!” |
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The Practice of Loving Kindness. Professor Richard Ryan writes: “In a clear and straightforward manner, Ruggiero offers insights on intimacy, trust, forgiveness and social concern. He encourages compassionate and mindful practices that, if engaged by each of us, would be world-changing.” |
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Beyond Feelings: A Guide To Critical Thinking, 7th edition. The publisher calls this “a succinct, interdisciplinary introduction to critical reasoning that challenges students to question their own assumptions and to enlarge their thinking through the analysis of the most common problems associated with everyday reasoning.” |
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Thinking Critically About Ethical Issues, 6th edition. The publisher writes: “This unusual ethics textbook emphasizes doing ethical analysis rather than studying theory or history. Students apply ethical principles to everyday moral issues.” |
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The Art of Thinking: A Guide to Critical and Creative Thought, 7th edition. The publisher writes: “In this acclaimed and best-selling textbook, Professor Ruggiero offers suggestions and strategies for developing the kinds of mental habits that can make students successful critical and creative thinkers and writers in any discipline.” |
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Becoming a Critical Thinker, 4th edition. This textbook was the first book on critical thinking to be published for “student success” courses. Its unusual clarity and accessibility, and the immediate reinforcement it gives to key strategies quickly made it a popular choice in many other courses, as well. |
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A Guide to Sociological Thinking. Professor of Sociology Peter Adler notes that this book “makes a unique contribution to the field [of sociology], providing a new perspective for sociological students that is not readily available today . . . and [showing] a surprisingly good sense of sociological enterprise.” |
