Attacking Faulty Reasoning - T. Edward Damer

Attacking Faulty Reasoning

A Practical Guide to Fallacy-Free Arguments

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Buch | Softcover
272 Seiten
2012 | International ed of 7th Revised ed
Wadsworth Publishing Co Inc (Verlag)
978-1-111-84172-0 (ISBN)
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Helps you to learn how to develop the logical, persuasive arguments you need now and throughout your career. This title addresses more than 60 common fallacies of logic with the help of over 200 examples. It provides explanations and tips for attacking fallacious thinking.
Increasingly, college courses and programs require a critical thinking component and include assignments meant to measure your critical thinking skills. ATTACKING FAULTY REASONING, 7E, International Edition can help you brush up on these skills and learn how to develop the logical, persuasive arguments you need now and throughout your career. This useful handbook addresses more than 60 common fallacies of logic with the help of over 200 memorable examples. It provides explanations and tips for "attacking" fallacious thinking, and is an ideal resource when writing papers, essays, or arguments.

T. Edward Damer received his Ph.D. from Boston University and currently teaches at Emory and Henry College.

Preface. Introduction. 1. A Code of Intellectual Conduct. 2. What is an Argument? 3. What is a Good Argument? 4. What is a Fallacy? 5. Fallacies That Violate the Structural Criterion. 6. Fallacies That Violate the Relevance Criterion. 7. Fallacies That Violate the Acceptability Criterion. 8. Fallacies That Violate the Sufficiency Criterion. 9. Fallacies That Violate the Rebuttal Criterion. 10.Writing the Argumentative Essay. Glossary of Fallacies. Answers to Selected Assignments. Index.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 1.2.2012
Verlagsort Belmont, CA
Sprache englisch
Maße 163 x 233 mm
Gewicht 343 g
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Logik
ISBN-10 1-111-84172-1 / 1111841721
ISBN-13 978-1-111-84172-0 / 9781111841720
Zustand Neuware
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