The Elements of Arguments: An Introduction to Critical Thinking and Logic

ISBN-13: 9781554814077 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 336 str.

Philip Turetzky

Opis

Examines such central critical thinking topics as informal fallacies, the difference between validity and truth, basic formal propositional logic, and how to extract arguments from texts. Turetzky aims to prevent confusion by explaining a number of important distinctions, including propositions vs. propositional attitudes, propositions vs. states of affairs, and logic vs. rhetoric vs. psychology.

Spis treści

• Introduction for Students
• Introduction for Instructors
• Chapter I: Basic Definitions and Structure of the Text
• Part I - Arguments
• Part II - Some Types of Arguments and Standards of Evaluation
• Chapter II: Propositions
• Part I - Truth and Falsity of Propositions
• Part II - Identifying Propositions
• Part III - Logic and Rhetoric
• Part IV – Informal Fallacies
• Chapter III: Compound Propositions and Truth Functional Connectives
• Part I - Logical Negation
• Part II - Logical Conjunction
• Part III - Logical Disjunction
• Part IV – Truth Functional Conditionals
• Chapter IV: Logical Relations
• Part I: Definitions of Some Logical Relations
• Part II: Modal Concepts
• Part III: Informal Fallacies of Equivocation
• Chapter V: Argument Forms and their Evaluation
• Part I - Argument Forms
• Part II - Testing for Validity
• Part III - From Validity to Soundness
• Chapter VI: Arguments in Ordinary Language
• Part I - Identifying Arguments
• Part II - Diagramming the Flow of Premises and Conclusions
• Part III - Principles of Interpretation: Enthymemes
• Part IV - Argument Assessment Strategies