Informal logic : a pragmatic approach /

Informal logic : a pragmatic approach /

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Author / Creator:	Walton, Douglas N.
Edition:	2nd ed.
Imprint:	Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.
Description:	1 online resource (xvi, 347 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Subject:	Logic. Reasoning. Logic. Reasoning.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11814490

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ISBN:	0521886171 9780521886178 0521713803 9780521713801 0511409354 9780511409356 9780511409899 0511409893 9780511407994 0511407998 9780511808630 0511808631 9786611717063 6611717064
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
Summary:	"Informal Logic is an introductory guidebook to the basic principles of constructing sound arguments and criticizing 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. Among the many subjects covered are: forms of valid argument, defeasible arguments, relevance, appeals to emotion, personal attack, straw man argument, jumping to a conclusion, uses and abuses of expert opinion, problems in drawing conclusions from polls and statistics, loaded terms, equivocation, arguments from analogy, and techniques of posing, replying to, and criticizing questions."--Jacket
Other form:	Print version: Walton, Douglas N. Informal logic. 2nd ed. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008

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Summary:	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 suited 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.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (xvi, 347 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	0521886171 9780521886178 0521713803 9780521713801 0511409354 9780511409356 9780511409899 0511409893 9780511407994 0511407998 9780511808630 0511808631 9786611717063 6611717064