The elements of reasoning
"The Elements of Reasoning is a concise and lucid introduction to the basic elements of argumentative prose and the conceptual tools necessary to understand, analyze, criticize, and construct arguments. This text is not only perfect for a college course in argument analysis, but also as a reference tool when confronted with arguments outside the classroom experience. While The Elements of Reasoning covers the standard formal tools of introductory logic, its emphasis is on practical applications…
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- Full title :The elements of reasoning.
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"The Elements of Reasoning is a concise and lucid introduction to the basic elements of argumentative prose and the conceptual tools necessary to understand, analyze, criticize, and construct arguments. This text is not only perfect for a college course in argument analysis, but also as a reference tool when confronted with arguments outside the classroom experience. While The Elements of Reasoning covers the standard formal tools of introductory logic, its emphasis is on practical applications to the kinds of arguments students most often encounter."-- Publisher description.
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- Publication Date:©2012
- Edition:Sixth edition
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- Publisher(s):Wadsworth Cengage Learning
- Place of Publication:Boston
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2012
Notes
Includes index.
The Physical Object
- Description:x, 230 pages : : illustrations ; : 23 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780495809180, 0495809187
- oclc:ocn796958772
- LC Classification:BC177
- Dewey Decimal:160
Table of Contents
1. Recognizing arguments -- 2. Analyzing arguments -- 3. Evaluating arguments -- 4. Some valid argument forms -- 5. More valid argument forms : categorical reasoning and venn diagrams -- 6. Causal analysis -- 7. Argument by analogy and models -- 8. Errors in reasoning : fallacies -- 9. Definition -- 10. Vagueness and ambiguity -- 11. Reasonable beliefs -- 12. Rules for writing
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