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Informal Logic : A Pragmatic Approach

Door Douglas Walton

Categorie
Algemeen wetenschap
Boeknummer
#342240-ZA24
Titel
Informal Logic : A Pragmatic Approach
Auteur
Walton, Douglas
Boektype
Paperback
Uitgeverij
Cambridge : University Press
Jaar van uitgave
2008
ISBN10
0521713803
ISBN13
9780521713801
Taal
Engels
Beschrijving
Paperback, illustrated with a few diagrams, 8vo.
Samenvatting
Second edition of the introductory guidebook to the basic principles of constructing sound arguments and criticising bad ones. Non-technical in approach, it is based on 186 examples, which Douglas Walton, a leading authority in the field of informal logic, discusses and evaluates in clear, illustrative detail. Walton explains how errors, fallacies, and other key failures of argument occur. He shows how correct uses of argument are based on sound strategies for reasoned persuasion and critical responses. This edition takes into account many developments in the field of argumentation study that have occurred since 1989, many created by the author. Drawing on these developments, Walton includes and analyzes 36 new topical examples and also brings in work on argumentation schemes. Ideally suit... (Lees verder)ed for use in courses in informal logic and introduction to philosophy, this book will also be valuable to students of pragmatics, rhetoric, and speech communication.
Pagina's
347
Conditie
Goed — Name in pen on title page.
Prijs
€ 25,00

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