TY - BOOK AU - Govier,Trudy TI - A practical study of argument SN - 0534605257 (pbk.) U1 - 168 PY - 2005/// CY - Belmont, Calif PB - Wadsworth KW - Logic KW - Reasoning N1 - 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 ER -