{"product_id":"practical-reasoning-in-natural-language-4th-edition-9780136782698","title":"Practical Reasoning In Natural Language (4th Edition)","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePractical Reasoning In Natural Language (4th Edition)\u003c\/strong\u003e by Thomas, Stephen N.. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780136782698.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWritten especially for beginners, this basic manual\/workbook shows how to analyze and evaluate any passage of reasoning or argumentation as it actually occurs in natural language contexts — e.g., books, articles, essays, speeches, editorials, conversations. This book presents a general method of “natural logic” by which the logical structure of any argument —Scientific, philosophic, mathematical, political, religious, ethical, legal, “inductive” , “deductive” , modal, semantic, syntactic, evidentiary, etc. — can be graphically represented without; employing traditional methods used in logic textbooks (e.g. truth-tables, Venn diagrams, etc.). It shows how these techniques can be used to analyze a situation involving many pros and cons, and to identify the argument in discourse where the reasoning is obscure, complex or disorganized.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"PEARSON EDUCATION","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44951898882101,"sku":"ByrdShop_0136782698","price":222.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780136782698_61959d93-bf8d-46ef-b030-ff08374826a7.jpg?v=1778921118","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/practical-reasoning-in-natural-language-4th-edition-9780136782698","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}