Walton, Douglas
Informal Logic: A Pragmatic Approach
- ISBN 13:
- 9780521713801
- author:
- Walton, Douglas
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2008
- Pages:
- 350
- Dimensions:
- 140mm X 213mm
- Genre:
- Society, Politics & Philosophy
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 5 working days
Description
Informal Logic: A Pragmatic Approach by Douglas Walton is an introductory guide to constructing sound arguments and criticizing bad ones. Based on 186 examples, this book explains how errors, fallacies, and other key failures of argument occur, as well as correct uses of argument.
Walton discusses various subjects including forms of valid argument, relevance, appeals to emotion, personal attack, straw man argument, jumping to a conclusion, expert opinion, and more. The new edition takes into account recent developments in the field of argumentation study, incorporating 36 new topical examples and analysis of argumentation schemes.
Suitable for courses in informal logic and introduction to philosophy, this book is also valuable for students of pragmatics, rhetoric, and speech communication.
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