Logic and Controversy

Name: Logic and Controversy
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ISBN: 9780534573782

ISBN-10: 0534573789

ISBN-13: 9780534573782

Edition: 2002

Authors: Maurice F. Stanley

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This new text brings the traditional material of introductory logic (critical thinking, informal and modern symbolic logic) to bear on present day issues ? terrorism, abortion, the death penalty, ABM treaty, stem cell research ? essays and editorials found in the New York Times, USA Today, Miami Herald, and other major newspapers and news magazines from all over the United States. This original format engages students in applying logic and critical thinking to important issues. They learn not only the techniques of introductory logic but will achieve a much deeper understanding of the great controversies that we face.

Book details

List price: $203.95
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Wadsworth
Publication date: 11/21/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 528
Size: 7.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 1.298
Language: English

Maurice Stanley holds a Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and is a retired lecturer of philosophy from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. A native of Western North Carolina, Dr. Stanley is the author of the historical novels The Legend of Nance Dude, Midwinter, and Sorrows End, as well as a logic textbook, Logic and Controversy. www.mauricefstanley.com



Preface


Introduction



Critical Thinking



Arguments



Arguments: Premises and Conclusions



Deductive and Inductive Arguments



Extended Arguments



Explanations and Other Nonarguments



Summary



Application


The Suicide Machine



The Context of Arguments: Critical Thinking



Disagreement and Controversy



Aims of Critical Thinking



Uses of Language



Challenging Premises



Competing Arguments



Summary



Applications


Essays on Bosnia


Columbine School Shootings



Informal Logic



Informal Fallacies



Fallacies



Fallacies of Ambiguity



Avoiding Ambiguity: Definition



Fallacies of Presumption



Fallacies of Irrelevance



Sophistries and Diversions



Summary



Applications


Violent Protest


Ross Perot Speech



Formal Logic



The Syllogism



Categorical Statements



Translations



Squares of Opposition



Immediate Inference



Categorical Syllogism



Venn Diagrams



Rules and Formal Fallacies of the Syllogism



Enthymemes and Sorites



Summary



Applications


The Death Penalty


Helms on AIDS


A Murdered Girl



Truth-Functional Logic



Basic Symbols



Some More Argument Forms



Deductive Proofs



Proving Invalidity



Summary



Applications


Spousal Abuse Evidence in Court Trials


Violent Protest



Quantifiers



Quantifiers



Quantifier Rules



Proving Invalidity of Quantified Arguments



Summary



Applications


The Death Penalty


Gun Laws



Informal and Formal Logic



Induction



Analogical Reasoning



Inductive Generalizations



Hypothetical Reasoning



Probability and Statistical Reasoning



Summary



Applications


The Death of Marilyn Monroe (Coroner's Case No. 81128)


AIDS



Critical Analysis



Procedure



Examples



Dialectic and Debate



Puzzles


Answers to Selected Exercises


Glossary/Index