Critical Thinking and Communication: The Use of Reason in Argument FROM THE PUBLISHER
Relating common theoretical models to true-to-life examples from law, ethics, education, and business, Inch and Warnick stress the importance of argumentation in everyday life. This book encourages readers to develop skills in both constructing and refuting arguments. Through exercises and examples, readers learn how to create individual arguments, extend argument cases, and understand how arguments are designed and how to interpret them. The book allows readers to conceptualize argumentation in the larger framework of verbal and written interaction, from public speaking and debating to interpersonal, intercultural, and small group communication. For public speakers, or anyone interested in the art of debate.
SYNOPSIS
In the fourth edition of this college text, Inch (Pacific Lutheran U.) and Warnick (U. of Washington) incorporate recent trends in the teaching and learning of argumentation, to acknowledge the needs and interests of an increasingly diverse population. The fourth edition continues to focus on a rhetorical approach, while also including reason-giving practices of various cultures (e.g. cooperative argument, narrative, and value appeals). The text also emphasizes the need to recognize diverse perspectives, to avoid personal prejudice, and to carefully evaluate the evidence, reasoning and assumption in argumentation.
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