Informal Logic

Name: Informal Logic
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ISBN: 9780132290487

ISBN-10: 0132290480

ISBN-13: 9780132290487

Edition: 3rd 1996

Authors: Irving M. Copi, Keith Burgess-Jackson

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Appropriate for single-semester undergraduate courses in Critical Thinking, Informal Logic, Introduction to Logic, Communication, Science and Human Values, Rhetoric and Logic. The aim of Informal Logic, Third Edition is to teach basic critical, analytical and reasoning skills through the examination of arguments and explanations as they appear in natural language. While retaining the topical organization of the previous edition, much of the text has been rewritten to expand coverage and enhance clarity.

Book details

List price: $213.32
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 1996
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
Publication date: 9/25/1995
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 7.75" wide x 9.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English




Introduction


The nature and utility of logic


Premises and conclusions


Diagrams for single arguments


Recognizing arguments


Passages expressing several arguments


Deduction and Induction


Truth, validity, and soundness


The use of reason in problem solving



Language


Functions of language


Discourse serving multiple functions


Forms of discourse


Emotive words


Kinds of agreement and disagreement


Emotively neutral language



Fallacies


The nature and classification of fallacies


Common informal fallacies


Passages for analysis



Definition


Purposes of definition


Types of definition


Kinds of meaning


Techniques for defining


Rules for definition by genus and difference



Analogy


Uses of analogy


Evaluating analogical arguments


Refutation by logical analogy



Causal Connections: Mill's Methods of Experimental Inquiry


The nature of causation


Mill's methods


The alleged circularity of Mill's methods



Science and Hypothesis


Values and disvalues of science


Explanations: scientific and nonscientific


Evaluating scientific explanations


The detective as scientist


Scientists in action: the pattern of scientific investigation


Crucial experiments and ad hoc hypotheses


Classification as hypothesis


Solutions to Selected Exercises


Index