Rulebook for arguments / Anthony Weston.

By:

Weston, Anthony, 1954- [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Indianapolis ; Cambridge : Hackett Publishing Company, Inc., [2017]Edition: Fifth editionDescription: xvi, 102 pages ; 22 cmContent type:

Media type:

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9781624666544 (pbk.)

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DDC classification:

168 23

LOC classification:

BC177 .W47 2017

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Contents:

I. Short arguments : some general rules II. Arguments by example III. Arguments by Analogy IV. Arguments from Authority V. Arguments about Causes VI. Deductive Arguments VII. Extended Arguments VIII. Argumentative Essays IX. Oral Arguments X. Public Debates Appendix.

Summary: From academic writing to personal and public discourse, the need for good arguments and better ways of arguing is greater than ever before. 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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"This is the ultimate 'how-to' book for anyone who wants to use reasons and evidence in support of conclusions, to be clear instead of confusing, persuasive instead of dogmatic, and better at evaluating the arguments of others."

Includes bibliographical references.

I. Short arguments : some general rules
II. Arguments by example
III. Arguments by Analogy
IV. Arguments from Authority
V. Arguments about Causes
VI. Deductive Arguments
VII. Extended Arguments
VIII. Argumentative Essays
IX. Oral Arguments
X. Public Debates
Appendix.

From academic writing to personal and public discourse, the need for good arguments and better ways of arguing is greater than ever before.
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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