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Main Authors:	Bowell, Tracy 1965- (Author), Kemp, Gary 1960- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	London u.a. Routledge 2015
Edition:	4. ed.
Subjects:	Critical thinking Critical thinking > Study and teaching Language and logic Reasoning Kritisches Denken Argumentation Lehrbuch
Links:	http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=027573122&sequence=000002&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA
Item Description:	Includes bibliographical references and index
Physical Description:	X, 318 S. graph. Darst.
ISBN:	9780415820912 9780415820929

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adam_text	CONTENTS Preface to the fourth edition ix • INTRODUCTION AND PREVIEW 1 1 INTRODUCING ARGUMENTS 3 BEGINNING TO THINK CRITICALLY; RECOGNISING ARGUMENTS 6 STANDARD FORM 11 IDENTIFYING CONCLUSIONS AND PREMISES 12 ARGUMENTS AND EXPLANATIONS 19 INTERMEDIATE CONCLUSIONS 21 CHAPTER SUMMARY 23 EXERCISES 23 2 LANGUAGE AND RHETORIC 28 LINGUISTIC PHENOMENA 29 ASPECTS OF MEANING 43 RHETORICAL PLOYS 46 CHAPTER SUMMARY 58 EXERCISES 59 vi · contents 3 LOGIC: DEDUCTIVE VALIDITY 64 THE PRINCIPLE OF CHARITY 66 TRUTH 69 DEDUCTIVE VALIDITY 71 PRESCRIPTIVE CLAIMS VS DESCRIPTIVE CLAIMS 77 CONDITIONAL PROPOSITIONS 78 THE ANTECEDENT AND CONSEQUENT OF A CONDITIONAL 81 ARGUMENT TREES 83 DEDUCTIVE SOUNDNESS 86 THE CONNECTION TO FORMAL LOGIC 88 CHAPTER SUMMARY 92 EXERCISES 93 4 LOGIC: PROBABILITY AND INDUCTIVE REASONING 101 IMPLICIT QUANTIFIERS: A REMINDER 102 INDUCTIVE FORCE 103 INDUCTIVE SOUNDNESS 111 INDUCTIVE INFERENCES 111 EVIDENCE 110 CONVERSION OF INDUCTION TO DEDUCTION 118 A PROGRAMME FOR ASSESSMENT 123 THE CONNECTION TO PROBABILITY THEORY 125 CHAPTER SUMMARY 127 EXERCISES 128 Contents ·νϋ 5 THE PRACTICE OF ARGUMENT-RECONSTRUCTION 133 EXTRANEOUS MATERIAL 134 DEFUSING THE RHETORIC 136 LOGICAL STREAMLINING 139 IMPLICIT AND EXPLICIT 141 CONNECTING PREMISES 147 COVERING GENERALISATIONS 148 RELEVANCE 151 AMBIGUITY AND VAGUENESS 153 MORE ON GENERALISATION S 159 PRACTICAL REASONING 162 BALANCING COSTS, BENEFITS AND PROBABILITIES 164 EXPLANATIONS AS CONCLUSIONS 167 CAUSAL GENERALISATIONS 169 A SHORT CUT 172 CHAPTER SUMMARY 173 EXERCISES 174 6 ISSUES IN ARGUMENT-ASSESSMENT 184 RATIONAL PERSUASIVENESS 185 SOME STRATEGIES FOR LOGICAL ASSESSMENT 192 REFUTATION BY COUNTEREXAMPLE 195 ENGAGING WITH THE ARGUMENT I: AVOIDING THE WHO IS TO SAY? CRITICISM 198 ENGAGING WITH THE ARGUMENT If: DON T MERELY LABEL THE POSITION 200 ARGUMENT COMMENTARY 200 COMPLETE EXAMPLES 203 COMMENTARY ON THE COMMENTARIES 212 viii · contents CHAPTER SUMMARY 212 EXERCISES 214 7 PSEUDO-REASONING 219 FALLACIES 219 FAULTY ARGUMENT TECHNIQUES 247 TOO MUCH MATHS! 255 CHAPTER SUMMARY 257 EXERCISES 259 8 TRUTH, KNOWLEDGE AND BELIEF 264 TRUTH AND RELATIVITY 265 TRUE FOR ME, TRUE FOR YOU 270 TRUTH, VALUE AND MORALITY 273 THEORIES 274 BELIEF, JUSTIFICATION AND TRUTH 275 JUSTIFICATION WITHOUT ARGUMENTS 277 KNOWLEDGE 278 JUSTIFICATION FAILURE 279 KNOWLEDGE AND RATIONAL PERSUASIVENESS 281 PHILOSOPHICAL DIRECTIONS 282 CHAPTER SUMMARY 285 EXERCISES 286 Glossary 289 Answers and hints to selected exercises 299 Index 315
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