Logic and contemporary rhetoric : the use of reason in everyday life /

Logic and contemporary rhetoric : the use of reason in everyday life /

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Author / Creator:Boardman, Frank, author.
Edition:Thirteenth edition.
Imprint:Boston, MA : Wadsworth, Cengage Learning, [2017]
©2018
Description:xv, 429 pages : illustrations (some color), cartoons ; 23 cm
Language:English
Subject:
Reasoning.
Fallacies (Logic)
Judgment (Logic)
Mass media.
Fallacies (Logic)
Judgment (Logic)
Mass media.
Reasoning.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13239923
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Other authors / contributors:Cavender, Nancy, author.
Kahane, Howard, 1928- author.
ISBN:9781305956025
1305956028
Notes:Nancy Cavender is 1st author in previous edition.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 402-411) and index.
committed to retain from JKM Seminaries Library 2023 JKM University of Chicago Library
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Chapter 1. Good and Bad Reasoning
  • 1. Reasoning and Arguments
  • 2. Exposition and Argument
  • 3. Arguments vs. Explanations
  • 4. What Does "Winning an Argument" Mean?
  • 5. Cogent Reasoning
  • 6. Two Basic Kinds of Valid Arguments
  • 7. Some Wrong Ideas About Cogent Reasoning
  • 8. Background Beliefs
  • 9. Kinds of Background Beliefs
  • 10. Worldviews or Philosophies
  • 11. Insufficiently Grounded Beliefs
  • 12. Two Vital Kinds of Background Beliefs
  • 13. Science to the Rescue
  • Summary of Chapter 1
  • Chapter 2. More on Deduction and Induction
  • 1. Deductive Validity
  • 2. Deductive Invalidity
  • 3. Conditional Statements
  • 4. Syllogisms
  • 5. Indirect Proofs
  • 6. Tautologies, Contradictions, and Contingent Statements
  • 7. Inductive Validity (Correctness) and Invalidity (Incorrectness)
  • 8. A Misconception About Deduction and Induction
  • 9. Reasoning Cogently Versus Being Right in Fact
  • Summary of Chapter 2
  • Chapter 3. Fallacies: Questionable Premises
  • 1. Appeal to Authority
  • 2. Inconsistency
  • 3. Straw Man
  • 4. False Dilemma and the Either-Or Fallacy
  • 5. Begging the Question
  • 6. Questionable Premise-Questionable Statement
  • 7. Suppressed (Overlooked) Evidence
  • 8. Tokenism
  • Summary of Chapter 3
  • Chapter 4. Fallacies: Invalid Inferences
  • 1. Ad Hominem Argument
  • 2. Guilt by Association
  • 3. Two Wrongs Make A Right
  • 4. Appeal to Tradition or Popularity
  • 5. Irrelevant Reason (Non Sequitur)
  • 6. Equivocation
  • 7. Appeal to Ignorance
  • 8. Appeal to Pity or Fear
  • 9. Composition and Division
  • 10. Slippery Slope
  • Summary of Chapter 4
  • Chapter 5. Fallacies: Misusing Induction
  • 1. Hasty Conclusion
  • 2. Small Sample
  • 3. Unrepresentative Sample
  • 4. Questionable Cause
  • 5. Questionable Analogy
  • 6. Questionable Statistics
  • 7. Questionable Uses of Good Statistics
  • 8. Polls: An Important Special Case
  • 9. False Charge of Fallacy
  • Summary of Chapter 5
  • Chapter 6. Psychological Impediments to Cogent Reasoning Shooting Ourselves in the Foot
  • 1. Loyalty, Provincialism, and The Herd Instinct
  • 2. Prejudice, Stereotypes, Scapegoats, and Partisan Mind-Sets
  • 3. Superstitious Beliefs
  • 4. Wishful Thinking and Self-Deception
  • 5. Rationalization and Procrastination
  • 6. Other Defense Mechanisms
  • 7. The Benefits of Self-Deception, Wishful Thinking, and Denial
  • 8. The Pull of Pseudoscience and the Paranormal
  • 9. Lack of A Good Sense of Proportion
  • Summary of Chapter 6
  • Chapter 7. Language
  • 1. Cognitive and Emotive Meanings
  • 2. Emotive Meanings and Persuasive Uses of Language
  • 3. Ambiguity and Vagueness
  • 4. Other Common Rhetorical Devices
  • 5. Language Manipulators
  • 6. Some Subtle Issues
  • 7. Language Revision
  • Summary of Chapter 7
  • Chapter 8. Evaluating Extended Arguments
  • 1. The Basic Tasks of Essay Evaluation
  • 2. The Margin Note and Summary Method
  • 3. Extended Evaluation of an Argument
  • 4. Dealing with Value Claims
  • 5. Evaluating Ironic Works
  • Summary of Chapter 8
  • Chapter 9. Writing Cogent (And Persuasive) Essays
  • 1. The Writing Process
  • 2. Preparing to Write
  • 3. Writing the Essay
  • 4. Supporting Reasons Effectively
  • Summary of Chapter 9
  • Chapter 10. Advertising: Selling the Product
  • 1. Are Advertisements Arguments? Examples of Rhetoric?
  • 2. Promise and Identification Advertisements
  • 3. Things to Watch Out for in Advertisements
  • 4. The Upside of Ads
  • 5. Targeted Advertising and Big Data
  • 6. Political Advertising
  • Summary of Chapter 10
  • Chapter 11. Managing the News
  • 1. The Media and the Power of Money
  • 2. News-Gathering Methods Are Designed to Save Money
  • 3. News Reporting: Theory and Practice
  • 4. Devices Used to Slant the News
  • 5. Television and the Internet
  • 6. The Non-Mass Media to the Rescue
  • 7. News Media Concentration
  • Summary of Chapter 11
  • Chapter 12. New Media, Cyberculture, and Public Discourse
  • 1. Discourse in a Digital Age
  • 2. Privacy, Celebrity, and Anonymity
  • 3. Speaking Directly to the Public
  • 4. Using and Misusing Mass Communication
  • Summary of Chapter 12
  • Chapter 13. Argument and Rhetoric in Fiction
  • 1. Fictions as Arguments
  • 2. The Persuasive Power of Fiction
  • 3. The Downsides to Fiction's Power to Persuade
  • 4. Rhetoric in Various Forms of Storytelling
  • Summary of Chapter 13
  • Appendix More On Cogent Reasoning
  • 1. More on Cause and Effect
  • 2. Scientific Method
  • 3. Criteria for Theory Selection
  • 4. Calculating Probabilities and Fair Odds
  • Answers to Starred Exercise Items
  • Bibliography
  • Glossary
  • Index

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