The Oxford Guide to Effective Argument and Critical Thinking /:
How do you approach an essay or discussion question? How do you review what claims others have made and offer counter-claims? And how do you weigh up the strengths and weaknesses of your own argument before putting together a persuasive conclusion?This accessible book takes you step by step through...
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| Zusammenfassung: | How do you approach an essay or discussion question? How do you review what claims others have made and offer counter-claims? And how do you weigh up the strengths and weaknesses of your own argument before putting together a persuasive conclusion?This accessible book takes you step by step through the art of argument, from thinking about what to write and how you might write it, to how you may strengthen your claims, and how to come to a strong conclusion. Engagingly written and featuring useful summaries at the end of each chapter, this new book offers easily transferable practical advice on. |
| Beschreibung: | Includes index. |
| Beschreibung: | 1 online resource (256 pages) : illustrations |
| ISBN: | 9780191651793 0191651796 9781306837194 1306837197 9780191651809 019165180X |
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| contents | 1. What do you do when you argue a case? -- Claims and conclusions -- Reasons and inference -- Titles as questions -- Support for a conclusion -- 2. How will you make yourself clear? -- Vagueness and definition -- Assumptions -- Ambiguity and conflation -- Ordering and indicating -- 3. What case have others made? -- Counter-claims -- Counter-argument -- Selection and evaluation of sources -- Reputation and expertise -- 4. What do you make of these arguments? -- Overstatement and straw man -- Causes and conditions -- Appeals to the past -- Appeals to feelings -- 5. How will you support your case? -- Examples and anecdotes -- Facts and factual claims -- Statistical evidence -- Credibility and corroboration -- 6. How much can you be sure about? -- Certainty and plausibility -- Deductive argument -- Conditional claims -- Logic and truth -- 7. How much is a matter of belief? -- Point of view -- Belief and opinion -- Bias and neutrality -- Values and principles -- 8. Are you over-simplifying the issue? -- Ad hominem and tu quoque ploys -- False dichotomy -- Over-generalization -- Analogy and slippery slope -- 9. Does your argument hang together? -- Contradiction -- Consistency and coherence -- Changing the subject -- Begging the question -- 10. How will you lay out your case? -- Structure of reasoning -- Intermediate conclusion -- Alternative inferences -- Quotation and referencing. |
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| spelling | Swatridge, Colin, author. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81016278 The Oxford Guide to Effective Argument and Critical Thinking / Colin Swatridge. First edition. Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2014. 1 online resource (256 pages) : illustrations text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Includes index. Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on July 3, 2014). 1. What do you do when you argue a case? -- Claims and conclusions -- Reasons and inference -- Titles as questions -- Support for a conclusion -- 2. How will you make yourself clear? -- Vagueness and definition -- Assumptions -- Ambiguity and conflation -- Ordering and indicating -- 3. What case have others made? -- Counter-claims -- Counter-argument -- Selection and evaluation of sources -- Reputation and expertise -- 4. What do you make of these arguments? -- Overstatement and straw man -- Causes and conditions -- Appeals to the past -- Appeals to feelings -- 5. How will you support your case? -- Examples and anecdotes -- Facts and factual claims -- Statistical evidence -- Credibility and corroboration -- 6. How much can you be sure about? -- Certainty and plausibility -- Deductive argument -- Conditional claims -- Logic and truth -- 7. How much is a matter of belief? -- Point of view -- Belief and opinion -- Bias and neutrality -- Values and principles -- 8. Are you over-simplifying the issue? -- Ad hominem and tu quoque ploys -- False dichotomy -- Over-generalization -- Analogy and slippery slope -- 9. Does your argument hang together? -- Contradiction -- Consistency and coherence -- Changing the subject -- Begging the question -- 10. How will you lay out your case? -- Structure of reasoning -- Intermediate conclusion -- Alternative inferences -- Quotation and referencing. How do you approach an essay or discussion question? How do you review what claims others have made and offer counter-claims? And how do you weigh up the strengths and weaknesses of your own argument before putting together a persuasive conclusion?This accessible book takes you step by step through the art of argument, from thinking about what to write and how you might write it, to how you may strengthen your claims, and how to come to a strong conclusion. Engagingly written and featuring useful summaries at the end of each chapter, this new book offers easily transferable practical advice on. Logic. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85078106 Rhetoric. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85113628 Reasoning. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85111790 Critical thinking. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh87003202 Debates and debating. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85036124 Pensée critique. Rhétorique. Débats et controverses. rhetoric (discipline) aat debates. aat PHILOSOPHY Logic. bisacsh Rhetoric fast Logic fast Debates and debating fast Critical thinking fast Reasoning fast has work: The Oxford Guide to Effective Argument and Critical Thinking (Text) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCGMcYbCfDXRg8PR3X4QdDC https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/hasWork Print version: Swatridge, Colin. Oxford Guide to Effective Argument and Critical Thinking. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2014 9780199671724 FWS01 ZDB-4-EBA FWS_PDA_EBA https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=786055 Volltext |
| spellingShingle | Swatridge, Colin The Oxford Guide to Effective Argument and Critical Thinking / 1. What do you do when you argue a case? -- Claims and conclusions -- Reasons and inference -- Titles as questions -- Support for a conclusion -- 2. How will you make yourself clear? -- Vagueness and definition -- Assumptions -- Ambiguity and conflation -- Ordering and indicating -- 3. What case have others made? -- Counter-claims -- Counter-argument -- Selection and evaluation of sources -- Reputation and expertise -- 4. What do you make of these arguments? -- Overstatement and straw man -- Causes and conditions -- Appeals to the past -- Appeals to feelings -- 5. How will you support your case? -- Examples and anecdotes -- Facts and factual claims -- Statistical evidence -- Credibility and corroboration -- 6. How much can you be sure about? -- Certainty and plausibility -- Deductive argument -- Conditional claims -- Logic and truth -- 7. How much is a matter of belief? -- Point of view -- Belief and opinion -- Bias and neutrality -- Values and principles -- 8. Are you over-simplifying the issue? -- Ad hominem and tu quoque ploys -- False dichotomy -- Over-generalization -- Analogy and slippery slope -- 9. Does your argument hang together? -- Contradiction -- Consistency and coherence -- Changing the subject -- Begging the question -- 10. How will you lay out your case? -- Structure of reasoning -- Intermediate conclusion -- Alternative inferences -- Quotation and referencing. Logic. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85078106 Rhetoric. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85113628 Reasoning. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85111790 Critical thinking. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh87003202 Debates and debating. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85036124 Pensée critique. Rhétorique. Débats et controverses. rhetoric (discipline) aat debates. aat PHILOSOPHY Logic. bisacsh Rhetoric fast Logic fast Debates and debating fast Critical thinking fast Reasoning fast |
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| title | The Oxford Guide to Effective Argument and Critical Thinking / |
| title_auth | The Oxford Guide to Effective Argument and Critical Thinking / |
| title_exact_search | The Oxford Guide to Effective Argument and Critical Thinking / |
| title_full | The Oxford Guide to Effective Argument and Critical Thinking / Colin Swatridge. |
| title_fullStr | The Oxford Guide to Effective Argument and Critical Thinking / Colin Swatridge. |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Oxford Guide to Effective Argument and Critical Thinking / Colin Swatridge. |
| title_short | The Oxford Guide to Effective Argument and Critical Thinking / |
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| topic | Logic. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85078106 Rhetoric. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85113628 Reasoning. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85111790 Critical thinking. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh87003202 Debates and debating. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85036124 Pensée critique. Rhétorique. Débats et controverses. rhetoric (discipline) aat debates. aat PHILOSOPHY Logic. bisacsh Rhetoric fast Logic fast Debates and debating fast Critical thinking fast Reasoning fast |
| topic_facet | Logic. Rhetoric. Reasoning. Critical thinking. Debates and debating. Pensée critique. Rhétorique. Débats et controverses. rhetoric (discipline) debates. PHILOSOPHY Logic. Rhetoric Logic Debates and debating Critical thinking Reasoning |
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