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Item Details
Title:
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A WORKBOOK FOR ARGUMENTS
A COMPLETE COURSE IN CRITICAL THINKING |
By: |
David R. Morrow, Anthony Weston |
Format: |
Paperback |
List price:
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£17.99 |
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ISBN 10: |
1603845496 |
ISBN 13: |
9781603845496 |
Publisher: |
HACKETT PUBLISHING CO, INC |
Pub. date: |
15 November, 2011 |
Pages: |
500 |
Description: |
A complete textbook for a course in critical thinking or informal logic. It contains the entire text of the fourth edition of the "Rulebook". It also includes homework exercises adapted from a wide range of actual arguments from newspapers, philosophical texts, literature, movies, YouTube videos, and other sources. |
Synopsis: |
A Workbook for Arguments builds on Anthony Weston's Rulebook for Arguments to provide a complete textbook for a course in critical thinking or informal logic. Workbook includes: The entire text of Rulebook , supplemented with extensive further explanations and exercises. Homework exercises adapted from a wide range of arguments from newspapers, philosophical texts, literature, movies, videos, and other sources. Practical advice to help students succeed when applying the Rulebook's rules to the examples in the homework exercises. Suggestions for further practice, outlining activities that students can do by themselves or with classmates to improve their skills. Detailed instructions for in-class activities and take-home assignments designed to engage students. An appendix on mapping arguments, giving students a solid introduction to this vital skill in constructing complex and multi-step arguments and evaluating them. Model answers to odd-numbered problems, including commentaries on the strengths and weaknesses of selected sample answers and further discussion of some of the substantive intellectual, philosophical, or ethical issues they raise. |
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US |
Imprint: |
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc |
Returns: |
Returnable |
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