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Fisher, Alec

 
9780521313414: The Logic of Real Arguments
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ISBN 10: 0521313414 ISBN 13: 9780521313414
Editorial: Cambridge University Press, 1988

Sinopsis

This book aims to help college students to think critically about the kind of sustained, theoretical arguments which they commonly encounter in the course of their studies: arguments about the natural world, about society, about policy, about philosophy, and so on. The book expounds a novel method for handling such arguments and applies to reasoning expressed in natural language - has two distinctive features. It employs what is called the 'Assertibility Question', a key question in extracting and evaluating arguments, and it deals fully with the technique of 'suppositional reasoning', an important method of reasoning which is commonly ignored by writers in this field. The author applies the method to examples from a wide variety of sources. These range from newspaper articles to extracts from classic texts. There is a special chapter on scientific method and an appendix which explains some classical formal logic (a 'little light logic'). The book contains numerous exercises and concludes with carefully selected passages on which students can practise their critical thinking skills.

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'Alec Fisher's The logic of real arguments is the first text that concentrates on the sort of extended passages students encounter in their courses. In our experience, it is the best attempt yet to bridge the gap between logic and the rest of education.' Informal logic

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This book aims to help college students to think critically about the kind of sustained, theoretical arguments which they commonly encounter in the course of their studies: arguments about the natural world, about society, about policy, about philosophy, and so on. The book expounds a novel method for handling such arguments and applies to reasoning expressed in natural language - has two distinctive features. It employs what is called the 'Assertibility Question', a key question in extracting and evaluating arguments, and it deals fully with the technique of 'suppositional reasoning', an important method of reasoning which is commonly ignored by writers in this field. The author applies the method to examples from a wide variety of sources. These range from newspaper articles to extracts from classic texts. There is a special chapter on scientific method and an appendix which explains some classical formal logic (a 'little light logic'). The book contains numerous exercises and concludes with carefully selected passages on which students can practise their critical thinking skills.

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Editorial
Cambridge University Press
Año de publicación
1988
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0521313414
ISBN 13 
9780521313414
Encuadernación
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Número de páginas
208
Contacto del fabricante
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Persona responsable
Avery
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Dardilly
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