How To Do Things With Logic
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Book Overview
In the past 15 years a host of critical thinking books have appeared that teach students to find flaws in the arguments of others by learning to detect a number of informal fallacies. This book is not in that tradition. The authors of this book believe that while students learn to become vicious critics, they still continue to make the very mistakes they criticize in others. Thus, this book has adopted the approach of teaching the construction of good arguments first and then introducing criticism as a secondary skill. Moreover, the emphasis of the book is not on learning to name fallacies, but on being able to identify weaknesses in an argument so as to be able to construct an effective critique of that argument. The book is accompanied by a workbook featuring a wealth of examples to help students acquire the material.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:080580076X
ISBN13:9780805800760
Release Date:March 1994
Publisher:Psychology Press
Length:276 Pages
Weight:0.09 lbs.
Dimensions:0.5" x 6.1" x 9.0"
Customer Reviews
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A very good book for beginning college writers.
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 26 years ago
The authors provide an excellent method for incorporating formal logic into the essay form. I highly recommend this book for students and teachers of rhetoric and composition. I have found this method not only helps college freshman write more logically, but also teaches them to structure their papers better, organize their ideas better, and generally write better arguments. The authors should consider expanding their method to other disciplines.
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