Logic and Contemporary Rhetoric
Wadsworth Publishing Co Inc (Verlag)
978-0-495-80413-0 (ISBN)
This classic text has introduced tens of thousands of students to sound reasoning using a wealth of current, relevant, and stimulating examples all put together and explained in a witty and invigorating writing style. Long the choice of instructors who want to "keep students interested", LOGIC AND CONTEMPORARY RHETORIC: THE USE OF REASON IN EVERYDAY LIFE, International Edition combines examples from television, newspapers, magazines, advertisements, and our nation's political dialogue. The text not only brings the concepts to life for students, but also puts critical-thinking skills into a context that students will retain and use throughout their lives. This is a book you can actually count on students to read.
Howard Kahane received a master's degree from the University of California at Los Angeles and a Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania. He was a professor of philosophy at Bernard M. Baruch college in New York and is considered one of the founders of the critical-thinking movement, an approach to logic that makes it less abstract and more practical as a tool for analyzing political and social issues. Nancy M. Cavender is Professor Emeritus at the College of Marin.
1. Good and Bad Reasoning.
2. More on Deduction and Induction.
3. Fallacious Reasoning—1.
4. Fallacious Reasoning—2.
5. Fallacious Reasoning—3.
6. Psychological Impediments to Cogent Reasoning: Shooting Ourselves in the Foot.
7. Language.
8. Evaluating Extended Arguments.
9. Writing Cogent (and Persuasive) Essays.
10. Advertising: Selling the Product.
11. Managing the News.
12. Textbooks: Managing World Views.
Appendix: More on Cogent Reasoning.
Answers to Starred Exercise Items.
Bibliography.
Annotated List of Periodicals.
Glossary.
Index.
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 1.3.2009 |
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Verlagsort | Belmont, CA |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 163 x 232 mm |
Gewicht | 578 g |
Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Logik |
ISBN-10 | 0-495-80413-4 / 0495804134 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-495-80413-0 / 9780495804130 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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