Book contents
- Argumentation
- Books by the Author
- Argumentation
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface
- 1 Argumentation
- 2 Types of Argument
- 3 Evaluating Arguments
- 4 Persuasiveness
- 5 Plausibility
- 6 Fallacies
- 7 Biases, Misconceptions, and the Like
- 8 Other Flaws and Foibles
- 9 Stratagems
- 10 Improving Argumentation
- Book part
- References
- Name Index
- General Index
1 - Argumentation
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 27 November 2020
- Argumentation
- Books by the Author
- Argumentation
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface
- 1 Argumentation
- 2 Types of Argument
- 3 Evaluating Arguments
- 4 Persuasiveness
- 5 Plausibility
- 6 Fallacies
- 7 Biases, Misconceptions, and the Like
- 8 Other Flaws and Foibles
- 9 Stratagems
- 10 Improving Argumentation
- Book part
- References
- Name Index
- General Index
Summary
What an argument is, for purposes of this book. Examples of definitions. Purposes that arguments serve. Notable arguments in history. Argumentation as reasoning and conversely. Why another book on argumentation?
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- ArgumentationThe Art of Persuasion, pp. 1 - 15Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020