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 LAW Faculty Office  BC175 .E53 2000  6th edition    OFFICE USE  
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Author Engel, S. Morris, 1931-
Title With good reason : an introduction to informal fallacies / S. Morris Engel.
Edition Sixth edition.
OCLC 43027353
ISBN 0312157584
9780312157586
Publisher Boston : Bedford/St. Martin's, [2000]
©2000
Description xiv, 317 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
LC Subject heading/s Fallacies (Logic)
Logic.
Other
Subject heading/s		 Fallacies (Logic) (OCoLC)fst00920044
Logic. (OCoLC)fst01002014
Argumentation.
Fehlschluss.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents 1. The nature and scope of logic : Logic as science and art ; Logic as the study of argument ; Arguments and nonarguments ; Eliminating verbiage ; Missing components ; Highlighting suspect elements ; Evaluating arguments: Truth, validity, and soundness ; Deductive and inductive arguments ; Logic and education -- 2. The medium of language : Language and thought ; Signs and symbols ; Words and things ; The uses of language ; Ambiguity and vagueness ; Verbal disputes ; Definition ; The art of plain talk.
3. Fallacies of ambiguity : The fallacy of equivocation ; The fallacy of amphiboly ; The fallacy of accent ; The fallacy of hypostatization ; The fallacies of division and composition -- 4. Fallacies of presumption : Overlooking the facts ; The fallacy of sweeping generalizations ; The fallacy of hasty generalization ; The fallacy of bifurcation ; Evading the facts ; The fallacy of begging the question ; The fallacy of question-begging epithets ; The fallacy of complex question ; The fallacy of special pleading ; Distorting the facts ; The fallacy of false analogy ; The fallacy of false cause ; The fallacy of slippery slope ; The fallacy of irrelevant thesis -- 5. Fallacies of relevance : The fallacy of personal attack ; Genetic fallacy ; Abusive ad hominem ; Circumstantial and hominem ; Tu quoque ; Poisoning the well ; The fallacy of mob appeal ; The fallacy of appeal to pity Appeal to pity ; The fallacy of appeal to authority ; The authority of the one ; The authority of the many ; The authority of the select few ; The authority of tradition ; The fallacy of appeal to ignorance ; The fallacy of appeal to fear.
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