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A Rulebook for arguments / Anthony Weston

By: Weston, Anthony [author]Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Indianapolis : Hackett Publishing Company, c2017Edition: Fifth EditionDescription: xvi, 102 pages ; 22 cmISBN: 9781624666544Subject(s): PHILOSOPHY | LOGICLOC classification: BC 177 .W47 2017

Contents:

I. Short Arguments: Some General Rules -- II. Arguments by example -- III. Arguments by analogy -- IV. Arguments from Authority -- IV. Arguments about causes -- VI. Deductive Arguments -- VII. Extended Arguments -- VIII. Argumentative Essays -- IX. Oral Arguments -- X. Public Debates -- Appendix I. Some Common Fallacies -- Appendix II. Definitions -- Resources.

Summary: 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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Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	LRC - Annex	National University - Manila	Political Science	General Circulation	GC BC 177 .W47 2017 (Browse shelf (Opens below))	c.1	Available		NULIB000018842

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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