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Product Identifiers
PublisherWadsworth
ISBN-10053453578X
ISBN-139780534535780
eBay Product ID (ePID)24038773600
Product Key Features
Number of Pages416 Pages
Publication NameLogic and Contemporary Rhetoric : Use of Reason Everyday Life
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2001
SubjectMedia Studies, General, Logic, Teaching Methods & Materials / General
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaMathematics, Philosophy, Social Science, Education
AuthorNancy M. Cavender, Howard Kahane
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Weight19.2 Oz
Item Length9.4 in
Item Width6.7 in
Additional Product Features
Edition Number9
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
LCCN2001-026167
Dewey Edition21
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal160
Table Of ContentPreface. 1. Good and Bad Reasoning. 2. More on Deduction and Induction. 3. Fallacious Reasoning: Part One. 4. Fallacious Reasoning: Part Two. 5. Fallacious Reasoning: Part Three. 6. Psychological Impediments to Cogent Reasoning: Shooting Ourselves in the Foot. 7. Language. 8. Evaluating Extended Arguments. 9. Writing Cogent (and Persuasive) Essays. 10. Advertising: Selling the Product. 11. Managing the News. 12. Textbooks: Managing World Views. Appendix: More on Cogent Reasoning. Answers to Starred Exercise Items. Bibliography. Annotated List of Periodicals. Glossary. Index.
SynopsisThis leading text introduces students to good reasoning using a wealth of current, relevant, and stimulating examples all put together in Howard Kahane's uniquely witty and invigorating writing style that makes this the book of choice for keeping students interested. Combined with examples from TV, newspapers, magazines, advertisements, and of course, our political institutions, the text not only brings the concepts alive for students, but puts the skills into a context that students will retain and use throughout their lives. A book you can count on students to read.
LC Classification NumberBC177.K34 2001
