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A rulebook for arguments / Anthony Weston.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Indianapolis : Hackett Pub., 2009.Edition: 4th editionDescription: xiv, 88 p. ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780872209541 (pbk.)
  • 9780872209558 (cloth)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 168 22 W.A.A
LOC classification:
  • BC177 .W47 2009
Online resources:
Contents:
Short arguments : 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 -- Arguments 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 -- Arguments about causes: Causal arguments start with correlations ; Correlations may have alternative explanations ; Work toward the most likely explanation ; Expect complexity -- Deductive arguments: Modus ponens ; Modus tollens ; Hypothetical syllogism ; Disjunctive syllogism ; Dilemma ; Reductio ad absurdum ; Deductive arguments in several steps --Extended arguments: Explore the issue ; Spell out basic ideas as arguments ; Defend basic premises with arguments of their own ; Consider objections ; Consider alternatives -- Argumentative 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! -- Oral arguments: Reach out to your audience ; Be fully present ; Signpost your argument ; Offer something positive ; Use visual aids sparingly ; End in style -- Appendix I: Some common fallacies -- Appendix II: Definitions: When terms are unclear, get specific ; When terms are contested, work from the clear cases ; Definitions don't replace arguments.
Summary: 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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Includes bibliographical references (p. 87-88).

Short arguments : 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 --
Arguments 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 --
Arguments about causes: Causal arguments start with correlations ; Correlations may have alternative explanations ; Work toward the most likely explanation ; Expect complexity --
Deductive arguments: Modus ponens ; Modus tollens ; Hypothetical syllogism ; Disjunctive syllogism ; Dilemma ; Reductio ad absurdum ; Deductive arguments in several steps --Extended arguments: Explore the issue ; Spell out basic ideas as arguments ; Defend basic premises with arguments of their own ; Consider objections ; Consider alternatives --
Argumentative 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! --
Oral arguments: Reach out to your audience ; Be fully present ; Signpost your argument ; Offer something positive ; Use visual aids sparingly ; End in style --
Appendix I: Some common fallacies --
Appendix II: Definitions: When terms are unclear, get specific ; When terms are contested, work from the clear cases ; Definitions don't replace arguments.

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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