Preface im Bull, Ken King, Jon-David Hague-we've gone through editors like corn meal goes through a goose. They were all good men. But this new guy, Mr Georgiev, may be cut from stiffer cloth. Weve never met him His past is mysterious; we've heard stories that he was stolen away from another publisher, and we ve also heard that he escaped single-handedly after being captured during the fighting in Chechnya. We don't know It only took one conference call, though, to learn he meant business. We weren't sure how to begin. Finally, Moore spoke: " Besides the usual updating, we have some serious changes for this edition, "he said. Silence from the other end e 5 C, We want to move a whole chapter, Parker added. Still no response "And there are some important concepts that need dealing with in several Lapters, "Parker continued Yeah, "Moore chimed in. "We have a great new take on the two induc e argument chapters. And more stuff on visuals, "Parker tacked on. A long moment of silence Do it all, "Georgiev said. "Im sending gouijnstook to ride herd on the roject that we were impressed with the decisiveness. We were even more impressed he could pronounce the name of our developmental editor, Susan Goui instook "Probably the linguistic training they get in the secret service or the KGB or whatever, " Moore guessed. And so, under the gentle urging and occasional whiplash of Susan G and with some good advice from a phalanx of reviewers, we have once again produced what we hope is a better book than the one that went before. See the chapter-by-chapter listings following for a more detailed look at what's new. WELCOME TO THE NINTH EDITION Yes, we know: nine editions. It was a surprise the first time a young professor came up to us at a meeting and told us he was teaching from this book, and that its first edition had been his text when he took his own critical thinking course. Now, shockingly, we hear from students using the book whose parents used it as undergraduates. Good grief Keeping Up We hope our efforts to keep the book topical, readable, and, most importantly teachable have been responsible for the remarkable loyalty adopters have shown toward it over the years-we are both gratified and appreciative. This edition continues the process. Examples and exercises have been updated from one end of the book to the other As we get older(Moore comments on Parkers wrinkles; Parker wonders what became of Moores hair), it is more and more important to remember that what's moderately recent news for us is ancient history for most of our studentsRevised Pages xi Preface J im Bull, Ken King, Jon-David Hague—we’ve gone through editors like corn meal goes through a goose. They were all good men. But this new guy, Mr. Georgiev, may be cut from stiffer cloth. We’ve never met him. His past is mysterious; we’ve heard stories that he was stolen away from another publisher, and we’ve also heard that he escaped single-handedly after being captured during the fighting in Chechnya. We don’t know. It only took one conference call, though, to learn he meant business. We weren’t sure how to begin. Finally, Moore spoke: “Besides the usual updating, we have some serious changes for this edition,” he said. Silence from the other end. “We want to move a whole chapter,” Parker added. Still no response. “And there are some important concepts that need dealing with in several chapters,” Parker continued. “Yeah,” Moore chimed in. “We have a great new take on the two induc￾tive argument chapters.” “And more stuff on visuals,” Parker tacked on. A long moment of silence followed, then: “Do it all,” Georgiev said. “I’m sending Gouijnstook to ride herd on the project.” We were impressed with the decisiveness. We were even more impressed that he could pronounce the name of our developmental editor, Susan Goui￾jnstook. “Probably the linguistic training they get in the secret service or the KGB or whatever,” Moore guessed. And so, under the gentle urging and occasional whiplash of Susan G., and with some good advice from a phalanx of reviewers, we have once again produced what we hope is a better book than the one that went before. See the chapter-by-chapter listings following for a more detailed look at what’s new. WELCOME TO THE NINTH EDITION Yes, we know: nine editions. It was a surprise the first time a young professor came up to us at a meeting and told us he was teaching from this book, and that its first edition had been his text when he took his own critical thinking course. Now, shockingly, we hear from students using the book whose parents used it as undergraduates. Good grief. Keeping Up We hope our efforts to keep the book topical, readable, and, most importantly, teachable have been responsible for the remarkable loyalty adopters have shown toward it over the years—we are both gratified and appreciative. This edition continues the process. Examples and exercises have been updated from one end of the book to the other. As we get older (Moore comments on Parker’s wrinkles; Parker wonders what became of Moore’s hair), it is more and more important to remember that what’s moderately recent news for us is ancient history for most of our students. moo86677_fm_i-xxii.indd xi 6/23/08 3:45:15 PM