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How To Do Things With Logic Workbook Workbook with Exercises
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Psychology Press
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Psychology Press
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Psychology Press
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In the past 15 years a host of critical thinking books have appeared that teach students to find flaws in the arguments of others by learning to detect a number of informal fallacies. This book is not in that tradition. The authors of this book believe that while students learn to become vicious critics, they still continue to make the very mistakes they criticize in others. Thus, this book has... Read more
Contents: Logic as a Tool. The Nature of Arguments. Valid Argument Forms. The Basic Argumentative Essay: Identifying Your Audience and Developing Your Conclusion. The Basic Argumentative Essay: Generating a Logical Diagram and Written Prose. Evaluation Arguments. Critiques: The Essential Preparation. Critiques: Types of Objections. Critiques: Presenting Objections. Defending Against a Critique. Authority. The Logic of Explanation. Arguing from Analogy.
Biography
Georgia State University.
