About this title: Updated examples, streamlined text, and the chapter on definition reworked in a rule-based format strengthen this already strong volume. Readers familiar with the previous edition will find a text that retains all the features that make Rulebook ideally suited for use as a supplementary course book -- including its modest price and compact size. ...
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Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Acceptable. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Hackett Publishing Company
Date Published: 1992-10
ISBN-13:9780872201569ISBN:0872201562
Description: Very Good. Binding is tight & square. Cover is VG. No names, no remainder marks, no stickers. Text is clean, bright & unmarked. We recommend EXPEDITED MAIL for even faster delivery! read more
Description: Good. 1986-Paperback---Used-Good. Hall Street Books proudly ships from Brooklyn, NY. All orders are processed and shipped within 24 hours, M-F. 100% money back No-Worry guarantee with expedited delivery and delivery confirmation available. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Avatar
Date Published: 1987
ISBN-13:9780872200296ISBN:0872200299
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Paperback, has been read but remains in good condition. Not marked or torn. Stamp on title page and creasing. read more
Edition: 4 REV ED
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: HACKETT PUBLISHING CO, INC Country = UNITED STATES
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9780872209541ISBN:0872209547
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 88 pages. Offers an introduction to the art of writing and assessing arguments, organised around specific rules, each illustrated and explained soundly but briefly. this work is suitable for writers who seek straightforward guidance about how to assess arguments and how to cogently construct them. edition 4 rev ed (Paperback) read more
Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Minimal damage to cover and binding. Pages show light use. With pride from Motor City. All books guaranteed. Best Service, Best Prices. read more
"I read this for my Philosophy class, so I wasn't expecting to particularly enjoy it. I was surprised to find myself recommending it to a friend. It's a little bit logic, a little bit rhetoric, a little bit common sense. Short, easy to read, real-life examples on many levels."
"Ótima sistematização de regras de argumentação. Acompanha muito bem a obra "Como vencer um debate sem precisar ter razão" (A. Schopenhauer, comentado por Olavo de Carvalho)."
"Many books on argument informal logic tend to bog down into encyclopedic explorations of fallacies or pitch a lot of exercises at the reader.
Not this title--at less than 100 pages it selects concision as a goal.
I suspect Weston's book would be a great introductory title for students needing an introduction to the subject. And for the experienced reader who vaguely remembers what modus ponens, modus tollens, and "affirming the consequent" are but needs a refresher for his or her aging brain, it's a lean and pithy reference. (The downside for that function is that there is no index.)
A Rulebook for Arguments invites comparison to Strunk and White's Elements of Style; the author recommends keeping his own title next to the latter on the shelf. I'm not in a position to argue..."
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