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Informal logic : a pragmatic approach /

"Informal Logic is an introductory guidebook to the basic principles of constructing sound arguments and criticizing bad ones. Non-technical in approach, it is based on 186 examples, which Douglas Walton, a leading authority in the field of informal logic, discusses and evaluates in clear, illu...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Walton, Douglas N.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.
Edition:2nd ed.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Argument as reasoned dialogue
  • Questions and answers in dialogue
  • Criticisms of irrelevance
  • Appeals to emotion
  • Valid arguments
  • Personal attack in argumentation
  • Appeals to authority
  • Inductive errors, bias, and fallacies
  • Natural language argumentation.