How To Do Things With Logic - Softcover

Luckhardt, C. Grant; Bechtel, William; Luckhardt, Grant

 
9780805800760: How To Do Things With Logic
Softcover
ISBN 10: 080580076X ISBN 13: 9780805800760
Publisher: Psychology Press, 1994

Synopsis

In the past 15 years a host of critical thinking books have appeared that teach students to find flaws in the arguments of others by learning to detect a number of informal fallacies. This book is not in that tradition. The authors of this book believe that while students learn to become vicious critics, they still continue to make the very mistakes they criticize in others. Thus, this book has adopted the approach of teaching the construction of good arguments first and then introducing criticism as a secondary skill. Moreover, the emphasis of the book is not on learning to name fallacies, but on being able to identify weaknesses in an argument so as to be able to construct an effective critique of that argument. The book is accompanied by a workbook featuring a wealth of examples to help students acquire the material.

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Authored by Luckhardt, C. Grant; Bechtel, William; Luckhardt, Grant

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Publisher
Psychology Press
Publication date
1994
Language
English
ISBN 10 
080580076X
ISBN 13 
9780805800760
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
276

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