TY  - BOOK
AU  - Weston,Anthony
TI  - A rulebook for arguments /Anthony Weston
SN  - 9780872209541
AV  - BC177 .R854 2009
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Indianapolis, Indiana
PB  - Hackett Publishing
KW  - Reasoning
KW  - Logic
KW  - English language
KW  - Rhetoric
KW  - Philosophy of Logic and Language
N1  - 1 (pages 87-88); SHORT ArkansasGUMENTS: SOME GENERAL RULES  --; Identify premises and conclusion  --; Develop your ideas in a natural order  --; Start from reliable premises  --; Be concrete and concise  --; Build on substance, not overtone  --; Use consistent terms; GENERALIZATIONS  --; Use more than one example  --; Use representative examples  --; Background rates may be crucial  --; Statistics need a critical eye  --; Consider counterexamples; ArkansasGUMENTS BY ANALOGY  --; Analogies require relevantly similar examples; SOURCES  --; Cite your sources  --; Seek informed sources  --; Seek impartial sources  --; Cross-check sources  --; Use the Web with care; ArkansasGUMENTS ABOUT CaliforniaUSES  --; Causal arguments start with correlations  --; Correlations may have alternative explanations  --; Work toward the most likely explanation  --; Expect complexity; DelawareDUCTIVE ArkansasGUMENTS  --; Modus ponens  --; Modus tollens  --; Hypothetical syllogism  --; Disjunctive syllogism  --; Dilemma  --; Reductio ad absurdum  --; Deductive arguments in several steps; EXTENDED ArkansasGUMENTS --; Explore the issue  --; Spell out basic ideas as arguments  --; Defend basic premises with arguments of their own  --; Consider objections  --; Consider alternatives; ArkansasGUMENTATIVE ESSAYS  --; Jump right in  --; Make a definite claim or proposal  --; Your argument is your outline  --; Detail objections and meet them  --; Get feedback and use it  --; Modesty, please!; OregonAL ArkansasGUMENTS  --; Reach out to your audience  --; Be fully present  --; Signpost your argument  --; Offer something positive  --; Use visual aids sparingly  --; End in style; 2
N2  - A Rulebook for Arguments is a succinct introduction to the art of writing and assessing arguments, organized around specific rules, each illustrated and explained soundly but briefly. This widely popular primer - translated into eight languages - remains the first choice in all disciplines for writers who seek straightforward guidance about how to assess arguments and how to cogently construct them. The fourth edition offers a revamped and more tightly focused approach to extended arguments, a new chapter on oral arguments, and updated examples and topics throughout
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