Thinking Your Way to Freedom: A Guide to Owning Your Own Practical Reasoning

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Thinking Your Way to Freedom Thinking Your Way to Freedom A Guide to Owning Your Own Practical Reasoning SUSAN T. GARDNER Illustrations by Dirk van Stralen Temple University Press • Philadelphia Temple University Press 1601 North Broad Street Philadelphia PA 19122 www.temple.edu/tempress Copyright © 2009 by Temple University All rights reserved Published 2009 Printed in the United States of America Comics © Susan T. Gardner. Used by permission. a The paper used in this publication meets the requirements of the American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48–1984 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Gardner, Susan T., 1945– Thinking your way to freedom : a guide to owning your own practical reasoning / Susan T. Gardner ; Dirk van Stralen, illustrator.       p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-59213-867-8 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Reasoning. 2. Practical reason. 3. Critical thinking. 4. Liberty—Philosophy. 5. Autonomy (Philosophy). I. van Stralen, Dirk, 1966– ill. II. Title. BC177.G37 2009 160—dc22                                                            2008023988 2 4 6 8 9 7 5 3 1 ...