A Rulebook for arguments /
Anthony Weston
- Fifth Edition.
- Indianapolis, Indiana : Hackett Publishing Company, c2017
- xvi, 102 pages ; 22 cm.
I. Short Arguments: Some General Rules -- II. Arguments by example -- III. Arguments by analogy -- IV. Arguments from Authority -- IV. Arguments about causes -- VI. Deductive Arguments -- VII. Extended Arguments -- VIII. Argumentative Essays -- IX. Oral Arguments -- X. Public Debates -- Appendix I. Some Common Fallacies -- Appendix II. Definitions -- Resources.
This timely fifth edition of A Rulebook for Arguments sharpens an already-classic text, adding updated examples and a new chapter on public debates that provides rules for the etiquette and ethics of sound public dialogue as well as clear and sound thinking in general.