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A Rulebook for arguments / Anthony Weston

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Indianapolis, Indiana : Hackett Publishing Company, c2017Edition: Fifth EditionDescription: xvi, 102 pages ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9781624666544
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BC 177 .W47 2017
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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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Books Books National University - Manila LRC - Annex General Circulation Political Science GC BC 177 .W47 2017 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) c.1 Available NULIB000018842

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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