Cengage Advantage Books: Understanding Arguments: An Introduction to Informal Logic
By Walter Sinnott-Armstrong, Robert J. Fogelin
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ADVANGEBOOKS - UNDERSTANDING ARGUMENTS: AN INTRODUCTION TO INFORMAL LOGIC, 9E teaches students how to construct arguments in everyday life, using everyday language. In addition, this easy-to-read textbook also devotes three chapters to the formal aspects of logic including forms of argument, as well as propositional, categorical, and quantificational logic. Plus, this edition shows students how to apply informal logic to legal, moral, scientific, religious, and philosophical scenarios, too.
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ADVANGEBOOKS - UNDERSTANDING ARGUMENTS: AN INTRODUCTION TO INFORMAL LOGIC, 9E teaches students how to construct arguments in everyday life, using everyday language. In addition, this easy-to-read textbook also devotes three chapters to the formal aspects of logic including forms of argument, as well as propositional, categorical, and quantificational logic. Plus, this edition shows students how to apply informal logic to legal, moral, scientific, religious, and philosophical scenarios, too.
Lively and clear prose, with a touch of humor.
Exercises, discussion questions, chapter objectives, and readings are drawn from a variety of disciplines and genres to test analytical skills.
Covers the rudiments of formal logic and forms of argument, such as inference to the best explanation, that other textbooks on informal logic overlook.
Detailed applications to legal, moral, scientific, religious, and philosophical arguments help students understand argument in a wide variety of contexts.
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Part I: How to Analyze Arguments
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