Arguments about Arguments
Systematic, Critical, and Historical Essays In Logical Theory
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