Unique purpose-written resource to help students in higher education understand and apply critical thinking in the study of sport. Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface and acknowledgements; 1 Critical thinking and the study of sport; 2 What is an argument?; 3 Evaluating an argument's structure: deductive arguments; 4 Evaluating an argument's content: truth, evidence and credibility; 5 Assumptions, generalisations and hypotheses; 6 Evaluating arguments: fallacies; 7 Evaluating arguments: examples; References; Index