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  • Reason's Dark Champions

    Constructive Strategies of Sophistic Argument

    by Christopher W. Tindale ...
    Series series Studies in Rhetoric & Communication
    A complex and complete picture of the theory, practice, and reception of Sophistic argumentRecent decades have witnessed a major restoration of the Sophists' reputation, revising the Platonic and Aristotelian "orthodoxies" that have dominated the tradition. Still lacking is a full appraisal of the Sophists' strategies of argumentation. Christopher W. Tindale corrects that omission in Reason's Dark ... Read more

    $55.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Good Reasoning Matters!

    A Guide to Critical Thinking in a Digital Age, Sixth Edition

    by Leo Groarke, Christopher W. Tindale, Linda Carozza ...
    Good Reasoning Matters! teaches students how to decipher, evaluate, analyze, construct, and engage in argument. This sixth edition incorporates many timely topics, including the impact of artificial intelligence and social media on how we propose and respond to arguments. The instruction in the book is rooted in traditional philosophical understandings of argument, but is expanded to account for ... Read more

    $66.99 CAD

  • Rhetorical Argumentation

    Principles of Theory and Practice

    by Christopher W. Tindale ...
    The study of argumentation has primarily focused on logical and dialectical approaches, with minimal attention given to the rhetorical facets of argument. Rhetorical Argumentation: Principles of Theory and Practice approaches argumentation from a rhetorical point of view and demonstrates how logical and dialectical considerations depend on the rhetorical features of the argumentative situation. ... Read more

    $108.99 CAD

  • How We Argue

    30 Lessons in Persuasive Communication

    by Christopher W. Tindale ...
    This accessible book provides a practical discussion of the main elements of argumentation as illustrated by 30 public arguments from a recent year on a wide variety of social, cultural, and scientific topics.Arguing is an important form of communication in any society and a principal way in which ideas are exposed, discussed, and modified. The real-life examples examined in this book reflect the ... Read more

    $47.99 CAD

  • The Philosophy of Argument and Audience Reception

    by Christopher W. Tindale ...
    Recent work in argumentation theory has emphasized the nature of arguers and arguments along with various theoretical perspectives. Less attention has been given to the third feature of any argumentative situation - the audience. This book fills that gap by studying audience reception to argumentation and the problems that come to light as a result of this shift in focus. Christopher W. Tindale ... Read more

    $43.99 CAD

  • The Anthropology of Argument

    Cultural Foundations of Rhetoric and Reason

    by Christopher W. Tindale ...
    This innovative text reinvigorates argumentation studies by exploring the experience of argument across cultures, introducing an anthropological perspective into the domains of rhetoric, communication, and philosophy.The Anthropology of Argument fills an important gap in contemporary argumentation theory by shifting the focus away from the purely propositional element of arguments and onto how ... Read more

    $83.99 CAD

  • Plato's Reasons

    Logician, Rhetorician, Dialectician

    by Christopher W. Tindale ...
    Series series SUNY series in Ancient Greek Philosophy
    Studies Plato's approach to argumentation, exploring his role as logician, rhetorician, and dialectician in a way that sees these three aspects working together.This book explores Plato's implicit understanding of argumentation by reviewing his standing as a logician, rhetorician, and dialectician. The question of his "standing" on these matters is approached on his terms (gleaned from the ... Read more

    $43.99 CAD

  • Rhetorical Argumentation and Extremism

    Edited by Christopher W. Tindale ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Rhetoric and Communication
    Rhetorical Argumentation and Extremism explores the role indirect argumentation plays, and has played, in changing societies by bringing positions previously regarded as extremist into the status quo.After building the theoretical foundations of the project, the concept of extremism is employed as an issue of wide interest that then serves as a vehicle to illustrate the claims about rhetorical ... Read more

    $91.99 CAD

  • Groundwork in the Theory of Argumentation

    Selected Papers of J. Anthony Blair

    by J. Anthony Blair ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    J. Anthony Blair is a prominent international figure in argumentation studies. He is among the originators of informal logic, an author of textbooks on the informal logic approach to argument analysis and evaluation and on critical thinking, and a founder and editor of the journal Informal Logic. Blair is widely recognized among the leaders in the field for contributing formative ideas to the ... Read more

    $179.99 CAD

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  • Think Again

    How to Reason and Argue

    by Walter Sinnott-Armstrong ...
    Series series Pelican Books
    A masterclass in persuasion from the inspiring philosopher who has taught a million people to argue through his popular open online courseOur personal and political worlds are rife with arguments and disagreements, some of them petty and vitriolic. The inability to compromise and understand the other side is widespread today. What can we do to change this? In Think Again philosopher Walter Sinnott ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • Informal Logic

    A Pragmatic Approach

    by Douglas Walton ...
    Second edition of the introductory guidebook to the basic principles of constructing sound arguments and criticising bad ones. Non-technical in approach, it is based on 186 examples, which Douglas Walton, a leading authority in the field of informal logic, discusses and evaluates in clear, illustrative detail. Walton explains how errors, fallacies, and other key failures of argument occur. He ... Read more

    $37.99 CAD

  • Critical Thinking

    An Appeal to Reason

    by Peg Tittle ...
    In Critical Thinking: An Appeal to Reason, Peg Tittle empowers students with a solid grounding in the lifelong skills of considered analysis and argumentation that should underpin every student’s education. Starting with the building blocks of a good argument, this comprehensive new textbook offers a full course in critical thinking. It includes chapters on the nature and structure of argument, ... Read more

    $170.99 CAD