Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface to the first edition
- Preface to the second edition
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction
- 2 A general method of argument analysis
- 3 A first example – from Thomas Malthus
- 4 Reasoning about nuclear deterrence
- 5 An example from John Stuart Mill
- 6 Arguments about God's existence
- 7 How do your mind and body interact?
- 8 Suppose for the sake of argument that …
- 9 An example from Karl Marx
- 10 Evaluating ‘scientific’ arguments. Some initial examples
- 11 Philosophical assumptions
- Appendix: Elementary formal logic
- Exercises
- Bibliography
- List of further reading
- Index
- References
List of further reading
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2012
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface to the first edition
- Preface to the second edition
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction
- 2 A general method of argument analysis
- 3 A first example – from Thomas Malthus
- 4 Reasoning about nuclear deterrence
- 5 An example from John Stuart Mill
- 6 Arguments about God's existence
- 7 How do your mind and body interact?
- 8 Suppose for the sake of argument that …
- 9 An example from Karl Marx
- 10 Evaluating ‘scientific’ arguments. Some initial examples
- 11 Philosophical assumptions
- Appendix: Elementary formal logic
- Exercises
- Bibliography
- List of further reading
- Index
- References
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- The Logic of Real Arguments , pp. 221Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2004
References
Blair, J. Anthony and Johnson, Ralph H. (eds.). Informal Logic: The First International Symposium, Edgepress (1980) [An instructive collection of papers from the first international symposium on informal logic.]
Fisher, Alec. Critical Thinking: An Introduction, Cambridge University Press, 2001
Fogelin, Robert J. Understanding Arguments, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich (1978) [A thoughtful text which also has an instructor's manual.]
Govier, Trudy. A Practical Study of Argument, Wadsworth (1985) [A good and widely used text.]
McPeck, John E. Critical Thinking and Education, Martin Robertson (1981) [Probably the most noteworthy attack on the ‘critical thinking movement’ so far.]
Perelman, C. and Olbrechts-Tyteca, L. The New Rhetoric: A Treatise on Argumentation, University of Notre Dame Press (1969) [A classic in the tradition of rhetoric.]
Scriven, Michael. Reasoning, McGraw-Hill (1976) [A classic in this field.]
Thomas, Stephen. Practical Reasoning in Natural Language, Prentice Hall, 2nd edn (1981), 3rd edn (1986) [A good text with a very carefully worked approach.]
Toulmin, Stephen. The Uses of Argument, Cambridge University Press (1958) [An historical classic.]
Blair, J. Anthony and Johnson, Ralph H. (eds.). Informal Logic: The First International Symposium, Edgepress (1980) [An instructive collection of papers from the first international symposium on informal logic.]
Fisher, Alec. Critical Thinking: An Introduction, Cambridge University Press, 2001
Fogelin, Robert J. Understanding Arguments, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich (1978) [A thoughtful text which also has an instructor's manual.]
Govier, Trudy. A Practical Study of Argument, Wadsworth (1985) [A good and widely used text.]
McPeck, John E. Critical Thinking and Education, Martin Robertson (1981) [Probably the most noteworthy attack on the ‘critical thinking movement’ so far.]
Perelman, C. and Olbrechts-Tyteca, L. The New Rhetoric: A Treatise on Argumentation, University of Notre Dame Press (1969) [A classic in the tradition of rhetoric.]
Scriven, Michael. Reasoning, McGraw-Hill (1976) [A classic in this field.]
Thomas, Stephen. Practical Reasoning in Natural Language, Prentice Hall, 2nd edn (1981), 3rd edn (1986) [A good text with a very carefully worked approach.]
Toulmin, Stephen. The Uses of Argument, Cambridge University Press (1958) [An historical classic.]