| Edition |
Fifth edition. |
| Description |
xx, 412 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Part one: from critical thinking to argument and research -- Critical thinking -- Critical reading: getting started -- Critical reading: getting deeper into arguments -- Visual rhetoric: thinking about images as arguments -- Writing an analysis of an argument -- Developing an argument of your own -- Using sources -- Part two: further views on argument -- A philosopher's view: the Toulmin model -- A logician's view: deduction, induction, fallacies -- A psychologist's view: Rogerian argument -- Index of terms. |
| Summary |
A brief but thorough guide to critical thinking and argument that teaches the skills needed to write persuasive arguments. |
| Subject |
English language -- Rhetoric -- Study and teaching (Higher)
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Persuasion (Rhetoric) -- Study and teaching (Higher)
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Critical thinking -- Study and teaching (Higher)
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Critical thinking -- Study and teaching (Higher) |
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English language -- Rhetoric -- Study and teaching (Higher) |
| Added Author |
Bedau, Hugo Adam, author.
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O'Hara, John, 1974- author.
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| ISBN |
9781319035440 (pbk.) |
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1319035442 (pbk.) |
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