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demonstrate a conclusion. My concept of 'framing premises' was developed from
Toulmin's much more complex discussion of the 'warrants' and 'backgrounds' that
are involved in argumentation. This book is useful, also, for its recognition of the
need for a contextualised approach to critical thinking.
Waller, Bruce N., Critical Thinking: Consider your Verdict, Prentice-Hall,
Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 2000 (4th edn).
Although this book concentrates on the role of critical thinking in the decisions
made by juries (and thus draws most of its examples from the legal context), it
provides particularly sensible discussions of relevance and assumptions.

Further reading on writing and communicating

Hay, Iain, Bochner, Diane, and Dungey, Carol, Making the Grade, OUP,
Melbourne, 2002.
Wide-ranging and up-to-date advice on study skills, including assistance with
writing and communicating.

Murphy, Eamon, You Can Write: A Do-it-Yourself Manual, Longman, Melbourne,
1985.
Excellent advice on writing and the use of plans; still useful twenty years after
publication because of its clear tone and style.

Summers, Jane and Brett Smith (eds), Communication Skills Handbook: How to
Succeed in Written and Oral Communication, Milton, Qld, John Wiley, 2002.
Covers many different aspects of communication, with a particular emphasis on
business communication.