Chapter 1: Introducing Arguments
Chapter 2: Language and Rhetoric
Chapter 3: Logic: Deductive ValidityChapter 4 : Logic: Inductive force
Chapter 5: The practice of argument-reconstruction
Chapter 6: Issues in argument assessment
Chapter 7: Pseudo-Reasoning
Chapter 8 :Truth Knowledge and Belief
Tracy Bowell is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Waikato, New Zealand. Gary Kemp is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Glasgow, UK.
Reviews of earlier editions: 'This concise guide offers relevant, rigorous and approachable methods!The authors focus on analysing and assessing arguments in a thoughtfully structured series of chapters, with clear definitions, a glossary, plenty of examples and some useful exercises.' Will Ord, Times Educational Supplement 'In my view this book is the most useful textbook on the market for its stated audience. It provides exceptionally clear explanations, with sufficient technical detail, but without over-complication. It is my first-choice text for teaching critical thinking to first-year undergraduate students.' Dawn Phillips, University of Southampton '!written with actual undergraduates, and the standard mistakes and confusions that they tend to be subject to, clearly borne in mind!' Helen Beebee, University of Manchester 'This is the best single text I have seen for addressing the level, presumptions, and interests of the non-specialist.' Charles Ess, Drury University
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