Think again: how to reason and argue
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| Physical Description: | xiv, 237 Seiten |
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| adam_text | CONTENTS Preface: Why I Wrote This Book Acknowledgments Introduction: Our Cultural Rut How Did We Get Here? How Do We Get Out of Here? xi xiii 1 4 5 PART I: WHY TO ARGUE 1. So Close and Yet So Far What Is Polarization? Are the Poles Moving Apart? Cant We at Least Agree on the Facts? Do You Hate Your Opponents? Has the Epidemic Gone Global? 11 13 16 18 20 22 2. Toxic Talk Can We Be Civil, Please? 25 25
viii I contents Who Doesn’t Like a Good Caricature? Are We All Crazy Clowns? Are Insults Funny? How Low Can We Go? Is Europe Civilized? How Much Is Too Much? 27 28 30 32 34 38 3. The Sound of Silencing Why Try? Where Did You Hear That? Why Ask? SoWhat? Isn’t Silence Soothing? 40 40 41 43 44 46 4. What Arguments Can Do Who Is the Slave? Is There Any Hope? What Do We Get Out of Arguing? Learning Respect Humility Abstraction Compromise Where Do We Stand Now? 48 48 32 55 56 57 58 60 61 63 INTERMISSION: FROM WHY TO HOW 5. Why to Learn How to Argue Do You Want to Make a Deal? Will Your Wishes Come True? Can You Trust Representatives? Should You Turn Over a New Leaf? Can We Get Better? 67 67 68 69 71 72
CONTENTS I ÎX PART II: HOW TO ARGUE 6. How to Spot Arguments How Much Would You Pay for an Argument? What Is an Argument? What Purposes Do Arguments Serve? When Is an Argument (Being Given)? 7. How to Stop Arguments Can We Stop Soon? What If We Cant Stop? How Can We Stop? Guarding Assuring Evaluating Discounting How Can Words Work Together? 88 88 91 93 93 99 101 104 107 8. How to Complete Arguments Which Arguments Are Valid? When Is Validity Formal? What Makes Arguments Sound? What Are You Assuming? Do These Methods Scale Up? Without Argument Justification Explanation 117 117 120 122 122 126 127 128 137 9. How to Evaluate Arguments Was Sherlock Holmes a Master of Deduction? What’s So Great about Deduction? How Strong Are You? How Do I Induce Thee? Let Me Count the Ways 142 143 147 149 151 77 77 80 82 84
X I CONTENTS How Can Dates and Polls Go So Wrong? Generalization Application Why Did That Happen? Husseins Tubes 154 155 158 160 163 PART III: HOW NOT TO ARGUE 10. How to Avoid Fallacies What Do You Mean? Double Entendre Slip Sliding Away Can I Trust You? Attacking People Questioning Authority Have We Gotten Anywhere Yet? Is That All? 173 174 174 178 183 184 187 194 197 11. How to Refute Arguments Does the Exception Prove the Rule? Is This Absurdity Made of Straw? What Is Just Like Arguing... ? 200 201 204 206 Conclusion: Rules to Live By 214 Notes Index 217 229
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CONTENTS Preface: Why I Wrote This Book Acknowledgments Introduction: Our Cultural Rut How Did We Get Here? How Do We Get Out of Here? xi xiii 1 4 5 PART I: WHY TO ARGUE 1. So Close and Yet So Far What Is Polarization? Are the Poles Moving Apart? Cant We at Least Agree on the Facts? Do You Hate Your Opponents? Has the Epidemic Gone Global? 11 13 16 18 20 22 2. Toxic Talk Can We Be Civil, Please? 25 25
viii I contents Who Doesn’t Like a Good Caricature? Are We All Crazy Clowns? Are Insults Funny? How Low Can We Go? Is Europe Civilized? How Much Is Too Much? 27 28 30 32 34 38 3. The Sound of Silencing Why Try? Where Did You Hear That? Why Ask? SoWhat? Isn’t Silence Soothing? 40 40 41 43 44 46 4. What Arguments Can Do Who Is the Slave? Is There Any Hope? What Do We Get Out of Arguing? Learning Respect Humility Abstraction Compromise Where Do We Stand Now? 48 48 32 55 56 57 58 60 61 63 INTERMISSION: FROM WHY TO HOW 5. Why to Learn How to Argue Do You Want to Make a Deal? Will Your Wishes Come True? Can You Trust Representatives? Should You Turn Over a New Leaf? Can We Get Better? 67 67 68 69 71 72
CONTENTS I ÎX PART II: HOW TO ARGUE 6. How to Spot Arguments How Much Would You Pay for an Argument? What Is an Argument? What Purposes Do Arguments Serve? When Is an Argument (Being Given)? 7. How to Stop Arguments Can We Stop Soon? What If We Cant Stop? How Can We Stop? Guarding Assuring Evaluating Discounting How Can Words Work Together? 88 88 91 93 93 99 101 104 107 8. How to Complete Arguments Which Arguments Are Valid? When Is Validity Formal? What Makes Arguments Sound? What Are You Assuming? Do These Methods Scale Up? Without Argument Justification Explanation 117 117 120 122 122 126 127 128 137 9. How to Evaluate Arguments Was Sherlock Holmes a Master of Deduction? What’s So Great about Deduction? How Strong Are You? How Do I Induce Thee? Let Me Count the Ways 142 143 147 149 151 77 77 80 82 84
X I CONTENTS How Can Dates and Polls Go So Wrong? Generalization Application Why Did That Happen? Husseins Tubes 154 155 158 160 163 PART III: HOW NOT TO ARGUE 10. How to Avoid Fallacies What Do You Mean? Double Entendre Slip Sliding Away Can I Trust You? Attacking People Questioning Authority Have We Gotten Anywhere Yet? Is That All? 173 174 174 178 183 184 187 194 197 11. How to Refute Arguments Does the Exception Prove the Rule? Is This Absurdity Made of Straw? What Is Just Like Arguing. ? 200 201 204 206 Conclusion: Rules to Live By 214 Notes Index 217 229 |
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