{"product_id":"informal-logic-a-pragmatic-approach-9780521886178","title":"Informal Logic: A Pragmatic Approach","description":"\u003cp\u003eInformal Logic is an introductory guidebook to the basic principles of constructing sound arguments and criticizing bad ones. Non-technical in approach  it is based on 186 examples  which Douglas Walton  a leading authority in the field of informal logic  discusses and evaluates in clear  illustrative detail. Walton explains how errors  fallacies  and other key failures of argument occur. He shows how correct uses of argument are based on sound strategies for reasoned persuasion and critical responses. Among the many subjects covered are: forms of valid argument  defeasible arguments  relevance  appeals to emotion  personal attack  straw man argument  jumping to a conclusion  uses and abuses of expert opinion  problems in drawing conclusions from polls and statistics  loaded terms  equivocation  arguments from analogy  and techniques of posing  replying to  and criticizing questions. This new edition takes into account many new developments in the field of argumentation study that have occurred since 1989  many created by the author. Drawing on these developments  Walton includes and analyzes 36 new topical examples and also brings in recent work on argumentation schemes. Ideally suited for use in courses in informal logic and introduction to philosophy  this book will also be valuable to students of pragmatics  rhetoric  and speech communication.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45279659196469,"sku":"ByrdShop_0521886171","price":104.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780521886178.jpg?v=1780605152","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/informal-logic-a-pragmatic-approach-9780521886178","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}