Arguments about Arguments

Systematic, Critical, and Historical Essays In Logical Theory

Maurice A Finocchiaro author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:25th Jul '05

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This book brings together essays by one of the pre-eminent scholars of informal logic.

Following an approach that is empirical but not psychological, and dialectical but not dialogical, in this book Maurice Finocchiaro defines concepts such as reasoning, argument, argument analysis, critical reasoning, methodological reflection, judgment, critical thinking, and informal logic. Including extended critiques of the views of many contemporary scholars, he also integrates into the discussion Arnauld's Port-Royal Logic, Gramsci's theory of intellectuals, and case studies from the history of science, particularly the work of Galileo, Newton, Huygens, and Lavoisier.

"It is an illuminating examination of the argumentation employed by not only one of science's great figures but also one of its great writers." Thomas M. Lessl, Argumentation and Advocacy

ISBN: 9780521853279

Dimensions: 237mm x 160mm x 30mm

Weight: 870g

478 pages