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A rhetoric of argument / Jeanne Fahnestock, Marie Secor.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublication details: New York : McGraw-Hill, 1990.Edition: 2nd edDescription: xiv, 385 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0075577348
ISSN:
  • 9780075577348
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • PE1431 .F3
Contents:
Instructor's introduction: what kind of argument text is this? -- 1. Motives for Argument -- 2. What We Do Not Argue About --- PART ONE: WHAT IS IT?. 3. Claims About the Nature of Things -- 4. Analyzing Statements About the Nature of Things -- 5. The Essential Definition -- 6. How to Define -- 7. More Arguments About the Nature of Things: Comparisons and Disjunctions -- 8. Verification in Argument --- PART TWO: HOW DID IT GET THAT WAY? 9. The Kinds of Causes -- 10. The Tactics of Causal Argument -- 11. Precision and Prediction --- PART THREE: IS IT GOOD OR BAD? 12. Evaluation --- PART FOUR: WHAT SHOULD WE DO ABOUT I? 13. The Proposal: Arguing About What Should Be Done --- PART FIVE: WHAT EVERY ARGUMENT NEEDS. 14. The Indispensable Refutation -- 15. Accommodation.
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Includes index.

Instructor's introduction: what kind of argument text is this? --
1. Motives for Argument --
2. What We Do Not Argue About ---
PART ONE: WHAT IS IT?. 3. Claims About the Nature of Things --
4. Analyzing Statements About the Nature of Things --
5. The Essential Definition --
6. How to Define --
7. More Arguments About the Nature of Things: Comparisons and Disjunctions --
8. Verification in Argument ---
PART TWO: HOW DID IT GET THAT WAY? 9. The Kinds of Causes --
10. The Tactics of Causal Argument --
11. Precision and Prediction ---
PART THREE: IS IT GOOD OR BAD? 12. Evaluation ---
PART FOUR: WHAT SHOULD WE DO ABOUT I? 13. The Proposal: Arguing About What Should Be Done ---
PART FIVE: WHAT EVERY ARGUMENT NEEDS. 14. The Indispensable Refutation --
15. Accommodation.

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