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Logic and Contemporary Rhetoric The Use of Reason in Everyday Life

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ISBN-10: 0534626041

ISBN-13: 9780534626044

Edition: 10th 2006 (Revised)

Authors: Nancy M. Cavender, Howard Kahane

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This classic text, first published in 1971, has introduced tens of thousands of students to sound reasoning using a wealth of current, relevant, and stimulating examples all put together and explained in Howard Kahane's uniquely witty and invigorating writing style. Long the choice of instructors who want to "keep students interested", LOGIC AND CONTEMPORARY RHETORIC combines examples from TV, newspapers, magazines, advertisements, and, in typical Kahanian fashion, our nations political dialogue. The text not only brings the concepts alive for students, but puts critical thinking skills into a context that students will retain and use throughout their lives. This is a book you can actually…    
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Book details

List price: $167.95
Edition: 10th
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Wadsworth
Publication date: 3/2/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 384
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English

Nancy M. Cavender is Professor Emeritus at the College of Marin.

Howard Kahane, April 19, 1928 - May 2, 2001 Howard Kahane was born on April 19, 1928 in Cleveland, Ohio. He received his bachelor's degree in 1954, and hid master's in 1958 from the University of California at Los Angeles. Kahane received his Ph. D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1962. After graduating, Kahane taught at Whitman College, the University of Kansas, American University and the University of Maryland at Baltimore. He then went on to teach philosophy at Baruch College in New York. In 1971 he published his most famous work, "Logic and Contemporary Rhetoric: The Use of Reason in Everyday Life," which has produced nine editions and is considered a handbook for philosophy…    

Preface
Good and Bad Reasoning
More on Deduction and Induction
Fallacious Reasoning: Part One
Fallacious Reasoning: Part Two
Fallacious Reasoning: Part Three
Psychological Impediments to Cogent Reasoning: Shooting Ourselves in the Foot
Language
Evaluating Extended Arguments
Writing Cogent (and Persuasive) Essays
Advertising: Selling the Product
Managing the News
Textbooks: Managing World Views
Appendix: More on Cogent Reasoning
Answers to Starred Exercise Items
Bibliography
Annotated List of Periodicals
Glossary
Index