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A practical study of argument / Trudy Govier.

By: Govier, Trudy.
Publisher: Belmont, Calif : Wadsworth, c2005Edition: 6th ed.Description: xii, 479 p. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 0534605257 (pbk.); 0534605265 (Instructor's manual).Subject(s): Logic | ReasoningDDC classification: 168
Contents:
Preface - To the student - 1. What is an argument? (and what is not?) - 2. Planning down argument structure - 3. When is an argument a good one? - 4. Looking at language - 5. Premises: what to accept and why - 6. Working on relevance - 7. Deductive arguments: categorical logic - 8. Deductive arguments: propostional logic - 9. An introduction to inductive arguments - 10. Causal inductive arguments - 11. Analogies: reasoning from case to case - 12. Conductive argumenta and counterconsiderations - Appendix A: A summary of fallacies - Appendix B: Selected essays for analysis - Answers to selected exercises - Index.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface - To the student - 1. What is an argument? (and what is not?) - 2. Planning down argument structure - 3. When is an argument a good one? - 4. Looking at language - 5. Premises: what to accept and why - 6. Working on relevance - 7. Deductive arguments: categorical logic - 8. Deductive arguments: propostional logic - 9. An introduction to inductive arguments - 10. Causal inductive arguments - 11. Analogies: reasoning from case to case - 12. Conductive argumenta and counterconsiderations - Appendix A: A summary of fallacies - Appendix B: Selected essays for analysis - Answers to selected exercises - Index.

Accompanied by : Instructor's manual for A Practical Study of Argument. 6th ed. / Trudy Govier (92 p. ; 28 cm.), 2005.

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