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A Rulebook for Argumentsby Anthony Weston
Hackett Publishing Company, Inc. 2008; US$ 6.95A Rulebook for Arguments is a succinct introduction to the art of writing and assessing arguments, organized around specific rules, each illustrated and explained soundly but briefly. This widely popular primer?translated into eight languages?remains the first choice in all disciplines for writers who seek straightforward guidance about how to assess arguments and how to cogently construct them. more...
On Sense and the Sensible - ARISTOTLEby Aristotle
NuVision Publications, LLC 2004; US$ 3.99Aristotle's works have influenced science, religion, and philosophy for nearly two thousand years. He could be thought of as the father of logical thought. Aristotle wrote: 'There is nothing in the intellect that was not first in the senses.' He wrote that everything that is learned in life is learned through sensory perception. Aristotle was the first to establish the founding principle of logic. The great writer Dante called Aristotle 'The Master of those who know.' The Roman writer Cicero viewed Aristotle's work so highly that he called them 'A River of Gold'. more...
Fundamentals of Critical Argumentationby Douglas Walton; Hans Hansen
Cambridge University Press 2005; US$ 34.00Fundamentals of Critical Argumentation presents the basic tools for the identification, analysis, and evaluation of common arguments for beginners. The book teaches by using examples of arguments in dialogues, both in the text itself and in the exercises. Examples of controversial legal, political, and ethical arguments are analyzed. more...
A Systematic Theory of Argumentationby Frans H. van Eemeren; Rob Grootendorst
Cambridge University Press 2003; US$ 25.00In this book two of the leading figures in argumentation theory present a view of argumentation as a means of resolving differences of opinion by testing the acceptability of the disputed positions. This is a major contribution to the study of argumentation. more...
Informal Logicby Douglas Walton
Cambridge University Press 2008; US$ 26.00Second edition of the introductory guidebook to the basic principles of constructing sound arguments and criticising bad ones. more...
How We Know What Isn'T Soby Thomas Gilovich
Simon & Schuster 2008; US$ 15.99A Simon & Schuster eBook more...
A Workbook for Argumentsby David Morrow; Anthony Weston
Hackett Publishing Company, Inc. 2011; US$ 21.95This book builds on Anthony Weston's "Rulebook for Arguments" to offer a complete textbook for a course in critical thinking or informal logic. The workbook contains the entire text of the fourth edition of the "Rulebook", while supplementing this core text with extensive further explanations and exercises: homework exercises adapted from a wide range of actual arguments from newspapers, philosophical texts, literature, movies, YouTube videos, and other sources; practical advice to help students succeed when applying the "Rulebook's" rules to the examples in the homework exercises; suggestions for further practice, outlining activities that students can do by themselves or with classmates to improve their critical thinking skills, or pointing... more...
Arguing Wellby John Shand
Routledge 2000; US$ 27.95A lucid introduction to the nature of good reasoning and how to test and construct good arguments. It assumes no prior knowledge of logic or philosophy. The book includes an accessible introduction to basic symbolic logic. more...
Shorter Logical Investigationsby Sir Michael Dummett; J.N. Findlay; Dermot Moran; Edmund Husserl
Routledge 2001; US$ 43.95The key sections of Husserl's classic and influential work on phenomenology are available for the first time in one paperback volume, specially abridged and edited, with a new introduction by Dermot Moran. more...
Metaphor and the Dynamics of Knowledgeby Sabine Maasen; Peter Weingart
Routledge 2000; US$ 193.00This book opens up a new route to the study of knowledge dynamics and the sociology of knowledge. The focus is on the role of metaphors as powerful catalysts. more...