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The Process of Argument: An Introduction book cover

1st Edition

The Process of Argument An Introduction

By Michael Boylan Copyright 2020
172 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

172 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

172 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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The Process of Argument: An Introduction is a necessary companion for anyone seeking to engage in successful persuasion: To organize, construct, and communicate arguments. It is both comprehensive and accessible: An authoritative guide to logical thinking and effective communication.　 The book begins with techniques to improve reading comprehension, including guides on navigating through... Read more

Introduction

Part One: Reading the Text

1. Confronting the Text

2. Critical Reading: Worldviews, Fallacies, and the Common Body of Knowledge

3. Assessing Degrees of Certainty and What it Means

Part Two: Reconstructing the Text

4. Outlining Deductive Logical Argument

5. Outlining Inductive Logical Argument

6. Abductive Logical Outlining

Part Three: Responding to the Text

7. Finding Out What You Believe

8. The Con Essay

9. The Pro Essay

Appendix: The Big Picture

Glossary

Biography

Michael Boylan is Professor of Philosophy at Marymount University in Arlington, Virginia. He is the author of 37 books, most recently Fictive Narrative Philosophy (2019), The Origins of Ancient Greek Science (2015), and Natural Human Rights: A Theory (2014).　

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