Cengage Advantage Books: Understanding Arguments: An Introduction to Informal Logic - Softcover

Fogelin, Robert; Sinnott-Armstrong, Walter

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1285197364 ISBN 13: 9781285197364

Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing, 2014

Synopsis

ADVANGEBOOKS - UNDERSTANDING ARGUMENTS: AN INTRODUCTION TO INFORMAL LOGIC, 9E shows readers how to construct arguments in everyday life, using everyday language. In addition, this easy-to-read textbook also devotes three chapters to the formal aspects of logic including forms of argument, as well as propositional, categorical, and quantificational logic. Plus, this edition helps readers apply informal logic to legal, moral, scientific, religious, and philosophical scenarios, too.

About this title

Review:

"This book is a well-crafted and philosophically-infused work. It gets students engaged with the material and genuinely challenges them to think critically. It works particularly well for courses on critical thinking that are aimed at developing students' skills in quantitative reasoning."

"With its lucid explanations, penetrating analysis of real-world issues, and its selection of exemplary, timely readings, Understanding Arguments should be required reading in any course whose objectives include improving critical thinking and analytical skills."

About the Author:

Robert J. Fogelin is Professor of Philosophy and Sherman Fairchild Professor in the Humanities at Dartmouth College.

Walter Sinnott-Armstrong is Chauncey Stillman Professor of Practical Ethics in the Department of Philosophy and the Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1285197364
• ISBN 13: 9781285197364
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 528