Weston, Anthony

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.

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BC 177 .W47 2017