| Edition |
4th edition. |
| Description |
xiv, 88 pages ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 87-88). |
| Contents |
Short arguments : some general rules: Identify premises and conclusion ; Develop your ideas in a natural order ; Start from reliable premises ; Be concrete and concise ; Build on substance, not overtone ; Use consistent terms -- Generalizations: Use more than one example ; Use representative examples ; Background rates may be crucial ; Statistics need a critical eye ; Consider counterexamples -- Arguments by analogy: Analogies require relevantly similar examples -- Sources: Cite your sources ; Seek informed sources ; Seek impartial sources ; Cross-check sources ; Use the Web with care -- Arguments about causes: Causal arguments start with correlations ; Correlations may have alternative explanations ; Work toward the most likely explanation ; Expect complexity -- Deductive arguments: Modus ponens ; Modus tollens ; Hypothetical syllogism ; Disjunctive syllogism ; Dilemma ; Reductio ad absurdum ; Deductive arguments in several steps --Extended arguments: Explore the issue ; Spell out basic ideas as arguments ; Defend basic premises with arguments of their own ; Consider objections ; Consider alternatives -- Argumentative essays: Jump right in ; Make a definite claim or proposal ; Your argument is your outline ; Detail objections and meet them ; Get feedback and use it ; Modesty, please! -- Oral arguments: Reach out to your audience ; Be fully present ; Signpost your argument ; Offer something positive ; Use visual aids sparingly ; End in style -- Appendix I: Some common fallacies -- Appendix II: Definitions: When terms are unclear, get specific ; When terms are contested, work from the clear cases ; Definitions don't replace arguments. |
| Summary |
A Rulebook for Arguments is a succinct introduction to the art of writing and assessing arguments, organized around specific rules, each illustrated and explained soundly but briefly. This widely popular primer - translated into eight languages - remains the first choice in all disciplines for writers who seek straightforward guidance about how to assess arguments and how to cogently construct them. The fourth edition offers a revamped and more tightly focused approach to extended arguments, a new chapter on oral arguments, and updated examples and topics throughout. |
| Subject |
Reasoning.
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Logic.
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English language -- Rhetoric.
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English language -- Rhetoric.
(OCoLC)fst00911581
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Logic. (OCoLC)fst01002014
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Reasoning. (OCoLC)fst01091282
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Argumentation. (DE-588)4002899-9
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Logik. (DE-588)4036202-4
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Argumentation.
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Logik.
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Argumentationsanalys.
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| ISBN |
9780872209541 (paperback) |
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0872209547 (paperback) |
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9780872209558 (cloth) |
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0872209555 (cloth) |
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