The Aims of Argument: A Text and Reader

Name: The Aims of Argument: A Text and Reader
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ISBN: 9780077592202

ISBN-10: 0077592204

ISBN-13: 9780077592202

Edition: 2014

Authors: Timothy Crusius, Carolyn Channell

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The Aims of Argument, a comprehensive text for teaching argument, recognizes that people argue with a range of purposes in mind: to inquire, to convince, to persuade, and to negotiate. It offers a clear, logical learning sequence rather than merely a collection of assignments: inquiry is the search for truth, what we call an earned opinion, which then becomes the basis of efforts to convince others to accept our earned opinions. Case-making, the essence of convincing, is then carried over into learning how to persuade, which, requires explicit attention to appeals to character, emotion, and style. Finally, the previous three aims all play roles in negotiation, which amounts to finding and…

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List price: $127.45
Copyright year: 2014
Publisher: McGraw-Hill College
Binding: Paperback
Size: 7.25" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 2.244
Language: English