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Critical inquiry : the process of argument / Michael Boylan.

By: Boylan, Michael, 1952-.
Contributor(s): Boylan, Michael, 1952-. Process of argument.
Publisher: Boulder, CO : Westview Press, c2010Description: xii, 212 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.ISBN: 9780813344522 (pbk. : alk. paper); 0813344522 (pbk. : alk. paper).Subject(s): English language -- Rhetoric | Persuasion (Rhetoric) | Critical thinking | Language and logic | ReasoningDDC classification: 808.042
Contents:
Pt. 1. Reading the text -- Confronting the text -- Critical reading : worldviews, fallacies, and the common body of knowledge -- Confronting media -- Pt. 2. Reconstructing the text -- Outlining deductive logical argument -- Outlining inductive argument -- Confronting media in reconstruction -- Pt. 3. Responding to the text -- Finding out what you believe -- The con essay -- The pro essay.
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Rev. ed. of: The process of argument. 1993.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Pt. 1. Reading the text -- Confronting the text -- Critical reading : worldviews, fallacies, and the common body of knowledge -- Confronting media -- Pt. 2. Reconstructing the text -- Outlining deductive logical argument -- Outlining inductive argument -- Confronting media in reconstruction -- Pt. 3. Responding to the text -- Finding out what you believe -- The con essay -- The pro essay.