Logic and Contemporary Rhetoric: The Use of Reason in Everyday Life

Kahane, Howard; Cavender, Nancy M.

ISBN 10: 0534524702 / ISBN 13: 9780534524708

Published by Wadsworth Publishing (edition 8), 1997

About this Item

It's a preowned item in good condition and includes all the pages. It may have some general signs of wear and tear, such as markings, highlighting, slight damage to the cover, minimal wear to the binding, etc., but they will not affect the overall reading experience.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Logic and Contemporary Rhetoric: The Use of Reason in Everyday Life
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing (edition 8)
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0534524702
• ISBN 13: 9780534524708
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 8.
• Condition: Good

About this title

Synopsis

This text introduces students to good reasoning by using current examples from television, newspapers, magazines, advertisements and political institutions, with the aim of bringing the concepts alive for students and putting them into a context that they will retain and use.

Review

"Howard Kahane, who died in 2001, is considered one of the founders of the ""critical thinking"" movement--an approach to logic that makes it less abstract and more more practical as a tool for analyzing political and social issues."