The Persuasive Pen: An Integrated Approach to Reasoning and WritingThe Persuasive Penoffers practical assistance in both the writing process and critical thinking. It teaches students how to think critically and clearly, and how to shape ideas convincingly for readers with varying expectations and responses. This book will be of interest to anyone who teaches a Critical Thinking course, offered in both Philosophy and English departments; Informal Logic; English Composition; Persuasive Writing; and other interdisciplinary courses in which argumentation, writing, and research skills are emphasized. |
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... ?: Fallacies Relating to Specifying Conclusions 8.4 Have You Selected Acceptable Evidence ?: Fallacies Relating to Unacceptable Premises 191 193 8.5 8.6 Have You Supplied Premises That Together Provide Sufficient viii Contents.
... ?: Fallacies Relating to Specifying Conclusions 8.4 Have You Selected Acceptable Evidence ?: Fallacies Relating to Unacceptable Premises 191 193 8.5 8.6 Have You Supplied Premises That Together Provide Sufficient viii Contents.
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... Conclusion ?: Fallacies Relating to Insufficient Grounds 194 Have You Considered Your Audience ?: Fallacies Relating to Audience 199 8.7 Are Your Ideas Expressed Clearly and Accurately ?: Fallacies Relating to Language 201 Exercise 8 ...
... Conclusion ?: Fallacies Relating to Insufficient Grounds 194 Have You Considered Your Audience ?: Fallacies Relating to Audience 199 8.7 Are Your Ideas Expressed Clearly and Accurately ?: Fallacies Relating to Language 201 Exercise 8 ...
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Contents
A Case Study of Sherlock Holmes | 3 |
Defining a Topic for Thinking and Writing | 37 |
Invention | 67 |
Identifying Arguments and Their Structures | 85 |
Reconstructing Arguments | 99 |
Deductive Reasoning | 125 |
Inductive Reasoning | 139 |
Fallacies | 179 |
Style | 223 |
Making It Public | 245 |
Solutions to Selected Exercises | 281 |
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