Good Arguments – Making Your Case in Writing and Public Speaking
Author:   Richard A. Jr. Holland ,  Benjamin K. Forrest
Publisher:   Baker Publishing Group
ISBN:  

9780801097799


Pages:   160
Publication Date:   22 August 2017
Format:   Paperback
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Good Arguments – Making Your Case in Writing and Public Speaking


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This brief introduction to making effective arguments helps readers to understand the basics of sound reasoning and to learn how to use it to persuade others. Practical, inexpensive, and easy-to-read, the book enables students in a wide variety of courses to improve the clarity of their writing and public speaking. It equips readers to formulate firmly grounded, clearly articulated, and logically arranged arguments, avoid fallacious thinking, and discover how to reason well. This supplemental text is especially suitable for use in Christian colleges and seminaries and includes classroom discussion questions.

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Author:   Richard A. Jr. Holland ,  Benjamin K. Forrest
Publisher:   Baker Publishing Group
Imprint:   Baker Academic, Div of Baker Publishing Group
Dimensions:   Width: 14.10cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 22.50cm
Weight:   0.198kg
ISBN:  

9780801097799


ISBN 10:   0801097797
Pages:   160
Publication Date:   22 August 2017
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us.

Table of Contents

Contents Introduction: Why Arguments Are Good 1. The Basics of Good Arguments 2. Reasoning and Logic 3. Fallacies 4. Belief, Fact, and Opinion 5. Defining Your Terms 6. Drawing Analogies 7. Cause and Effect 8. On Good Authority 9. Making Your Case Case Studies Glossary Index

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Richard A. Holland Jr. (PhD, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary) is assistant professor of philosophy at Grand Canyon University in Phoenix, Arizona. Benjamin K. Forrest (EdD, Liberty University) is associate dean of the College of General Studies and professor of Christian education at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia.

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