This volume includes a collection of eighteen essays that provide a decisive input to the study of logic and argumentation theory by some of the finest specialists in these areas, covering the main schools of thought and contemporary trends in the beginning of the 21st century. In these essays, the
The Logic of Real Arguments
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- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 238
- Edition
- 2nd
- Category
- Library
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โฆ Synopsis
This new and expanded edition explains a distinctive method for analyzing and evaluating arguments. It features many examples, ranging from newspaper articles to extracts from classic texts, and from easy passages to much more difficult ones. It will enable students to think critically about sustained, theoretical arguments commonly encountered in the course of their studies, including arguments about the natural world, society, policy, and philosophy.
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