The Logic of Real ArgumentsCambridge University Press, 23 Eyl 2004 - 224 sayfa This new and expanded edition of The Logic of Real Arguments explains a distinctive method for analysing and evaluating arguments. It discusses many examples, ranging from newspaper articles to extracts from classic texts, and from easy passages to much more difficult ones. It aims to help students to think critically about the kind of sustained, theoretical arguments which they commonly encounter in the course of their studies, including arguments about the natural world, about society, about policy, and about philosophy. |
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A general method of argument analysis | 15 |
A first example from Thomas Malthus | 29 |
Reasoning about nuclear deterrence | 48 |
An example from John Stuart Mill | 70 |
How do your mind and body interact? | 99 |
Suppose for the sake of argument that | 115 |
An example from Karl Marx | 132 |
Philosophical assumptions | 160 |
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