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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherHackett Publishing Company, Incorporated
ISBN-10162466654X
ISBN-139781624666544
eBay Product ID (ePID)12038781707
Product Key Features
Number of Pages120 Pages
Publication NameRulebook for Arguments
LanguageEnglish
SubjectStyle Manuals, General, Rhetoric, Logic
Publication Year2018
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaPhilosophy, Language Arts & Disciplines
AuthorAnthony Weston
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height5.5 in
Item Weight5.2 Oz
Item Length8.5 in
Item Width5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Edition Number5
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
LCCN2017-027845
Dewey Edition23
TitleLeadingA
Reviews"This is the ultimate 'how-to' book for anyone who wants to use reasons and evidence in support of conclusions, to be clear instead of confusing, persuasive instead of dogmatic, and better at evaluating the arguments of others." Debra Nails, Michigan State University, Comments on the previous edition: "This is the ultimate 'how-to' book for anyone who wants to use reasons and evidence in support of conclusions, to be clear instead of confusing, persuasive instead of dogmatic, and better at evaluating the arguments of others." --Debra Nails, Michigan State University
Dewey Decimal168
SynopsisFrom academic writing to personal and public discourse, the need for good arguments and better ways of arguing is greater than ever before. This timely fifth edition of A Rulebook for Arguments sharpens an already-classic text, adding updated examples and a new chapter on public debates that provides rules for the etiquette and ethics of sound public dialogue as well as clear and sound thinking in general., From academic writing to personal and public discourse, the need for good arguments and better ways of arguing is greater than ever before. This timely fifth edition of A Rulebook for Arguments sharpens an already-classic text, adding updated examples and a new chapter on public debates that provides rules for the etiquette and ethics of sound public dialogue as well as clear and sound thinking in general. Comments on the previous edition: "This is the ultimate 'how-to' book for anyone who wants to use reasons and evidence in support of conclusions, to be clear instead of confusing, persuasive instead of dogmatic, and better at evaluating the arguments of others."