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

Author:   Nancy Cavender (College of Marin) ,  Howard Kahane (University of Maryland, Baltimore County)
Publisher:   Cengage Learning, Inc
Edition:   11th edition
ISBN:  

9780495804130


Pages:   432
Publication Date:   09 February 2009
Replaced By:   9781133942320
Format:   Paperback
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Logic and Contemporary Rhetoric: The Use of Reason in Everyday Life, International Edition


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This classic text has introduced tens of thousands of students to sound reasoning using a wealth of current, relevant, and stimulating examples all put together and explained in a witty and invigorating writing style. Long the choice of instructors who want to ""keep students interested"", LOGIC AND CONTEMPORARY RHETORIC: THE USE OF REASON IN EVERYDAY LIFE, International Edition combines examples from television, newspapers, magazines, advertisements, and our nation's political dialogue. The text not only brings the concepts to life for students, but also puts critical-thinking skills into a context that students will retain and use throughout their lives. This is a book you can actually count on students to read.

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Author:   Nancy Cavender (College of Marin) ,  Howard Kahane (University of Maryland, Baltimore County)
Publisher:   Cengage Learning, Inc
Imprint:   Wadsworth Publishing Co Inc
Edition:   11th edition
Dimensions:   Width: 16.30cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 23.20cm
Weight:   0.567kg
ISBN:  

9780495804130


ISBN 10:   0495804134
Pages:   432
Publication Date:   09 February 2009
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Replaced By:   9781133942320
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Temporarily unavailable   Availability explained
The supplier advises that this item is temporarily unavailable. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out to you.

Table of Contents

1. Good and Bad Reasoning. 2. More on Deduction and Induction. 3. Fallacious Reasoning�1. 4. Fallacious Reasoning�2. 5. Fallacious Reasoning�3. 6. Psychological Impediments to Cogent Reasoning: Shooting Ourselves in the Foot. 7. Language. 8. Evaluating Extended Arguments. 9. Writing Cogent (and Persuasive) Essays. 10. Advertising: Selling the Product. 11. Managing the News. 12. Textbooks: Managing World Views. Appendix: More on Cogent Reasoning. Answers to Starred Exercise Items. Bibliography. Annotated List of Periodicals. Glossary. Index.

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Nancy M. Cavender is Professor Emeritus at the College of Marin. Howard Kahane received a master's degree from the University of California at Los Angeles and a Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania. He was a professor of philosophy at Bernard M. Baruch college in New York and is considered one of the founders of the critical-thinking movement, an approach to logic that makes it less abstract and more practical as a tool for analyzing political and social issues.

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