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| Preface | |
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| On Logic and Language | |
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| The Nature and Scope of Logic | |
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| Logic as Science and Art | |
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| Logic as the Study of Argument | |
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| Exercises | |
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| Arguments and Nonarguments | |
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| Exercises | |
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| Eliminating Verbiage | |
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| A Further Note on Eliminating Verbiage | |
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| Exercises | |
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| Missing Components | |
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| Finding the Missing Component Syllogistically | |
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| Highlighting Suspect Elements | |
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| Evaluating Arguments: Truth, Validity, and Soundness | |
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| Deductive and Inductive Arguments | |
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| A Final Word on Deduction | |
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| Exercises | |
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| Logic and Education | |
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| Summary | |
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| Answers to Starred Exercises | |
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| The Medium of Language | |
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| Language and Thought | |
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| Signs and Symbols | |
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| Words and Things | |
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| The Uses of Language | |
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| Ambiguity and Vagueness | |
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| Verbal Disputes | |
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| Definition | |
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| The Art of Plain Talk | |
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| Summary | |
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| Answers to Starred Exercises | |
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| Suggested Readings for Part One | |
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| Informal Fallacies | |
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| The Fallacy of Ambiguity | |
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| The Fallacy of Equivocation | |
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| The Fallacy of Amphiboly | |
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| The Fallacy of Accent | |
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| The Fallacy of Hypostatization | |
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| The Fallacies of Division and Composition | |
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| Summary | |
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| Exercises | |
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| Answers to Starred Exercises | |
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| Fallacies of Presumption | |
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| Overlooking the Facts | |
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| The Fallacy of Sweeping | |
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| Generalization | |
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| The Fallacy of Hasty Generalization | |
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| The Fallacy of Bifurcation | |
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| Exercises | |
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| Evading the Facts | |
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| The Fallacy of Begging the Question | |
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| The Fallacy of Question-Begging | |
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| Epithets | |
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| The Fallacy of Complex Question | |
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| The Fallacy of Special Pleading | |
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| Exercises | |
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| Distorting the Facts` | |
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| The Fallacy of False Analogy | |
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| The Fallacy of False Cause | |
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| The Fallacy of Slippery Slope | |
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| The Fallacy of Irrelevant Thesis | |
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| Exercises | |
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| Summary | |
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| Answers to Starred Exercises | |
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| Fallacies of Relevance | |
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| The Fallacy of Personal Attack | |
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| Genetic Fallacy | |
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| Abusive ad Hominem | |
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| Circumstantial ad Hominem | |
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| Tu Quoque | |
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| Poisoning the Well | |
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| The Fallacy of Mob Appeal | |
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| The Fallacy of Appeal to Pity | |
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| The Fallacy of Appeal to Authority | |
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| The Authority of the One | |
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| The Authority of the Many | |
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| The Authority of the Select Few | |
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| The Authority of Tradition | |
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| The Fallacy of Appeal to Ignorance | |
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| The Fallacy of Appeal to Fear | |
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| Summary | |
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| Exercises | |
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| Answers to Starred Exercises | |
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| Suggested Readings for Part Two | |
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| Appendix: Writing with Clarity and Reason | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Index | |