{"product_id":"9783319851846","title":"Argumentation Library: Essays in Informal Logic and on Critical Thinking","description":"\u003ch1\u003eArgumentation Library: Essays in Informal Logic and on Critical Thinking\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eHitchcock, David\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eThis book brings together in one place David Hitchcock’s most significant published articles on reasoning and argument. In seven new chapters he updates his thinking in the light of subsequent scholarship. Collectively, the papers articulate a distinctive position in the philosophy of argumentation.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eAmong other things, the author:\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e•\tdevelops an account of “material consequence” that permits evaluation of inferences without problematic postulation of unstated premises.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e•\tupdates his recursive definition of argument that accommodates chaining and embedding of arguments and allows any type of illocutionary act to be a conclusion. \u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e•\tadvances a general theory of relevance.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e•\tprovides comprehensive frameworks for evaluating inferences in reasoning by analogy, means-end reasoning, and appeals to considerations or criteria.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e•\targues that none of the forms of arguing ad hominem is a fallacy.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e•\tdescribes proven methods of teaching critical thinking effectively.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Springer\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2018-07-25\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9783319851846\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-3-319-53562-3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 235cm x155cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 553\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer International Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45417144320140,"sku":"9783319851846","price":152.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783319851846.jpg?v=1779044448","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9783319851846","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}