The Elements of Reasoning
3rd Edition
Published on 28. October 2006
Book
Paperback/Softback
176 pages
978-0-321-25173-2 (ISBN)
Description
Short but powerful, this engaging rhetoric of argument teaches the critical thinking and reasoning skills essential in college and civic life. This text presents the principles of effective oral and written argumentation and helps students put these principles into practice. Brief examples with analyses show students the underlying structures of successful arguments in various media and point out the ways in which the rhetoric is persuasive.
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Edition
3rd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Pearson Education (US)
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-321-25173-2 (9780321251732)
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Edward Corbett | Rosa Eberly
Elements of Reasoning, The
Book
06/2000
2nd Edition
Pearson
€73.31
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Content
Preface
1. REASONING: ARE YOU FOR IT OR AGAINST IT?
The Powers of Reasoning.
Elemental Questions.
Pluto and Plato.
Fine Language and Geometry.
Ethos, Pathos, and Logos.
The End of Reasoning.
Internal and External Reasoning: An Example.
Rhetorical Inventions: Beyond "For or Against."
Reasoning Practice.
2. INVENTION: PLACES, PATHS, AND STRUCTURES OF REASONING.
An Introduction to the Specific Elements.
The Canons of Rhetoric.
Places of Reasoning: Topoi.
Paths of Reasoning: The Stasis Questions.
Structures of Reasoning.
From Invention to Judgment.
Stasis Questions and Time.
Architectonics.
Reasoning in Process.
Reasoning Practice.
3. CONJECTURES.
The Primary Stasis, A Place to Begin.
A Trove of Conjectural Claims.
How to Spot a Conjectural Claim.
Types of Conjectural Claims.
Reasoning Practice.
Conjectural Reasoning in Process.
4. DEFINITIONS.
Rhetoric and Definitions.
Dictionary Definitions.
Neologisms.
Stipulative Definitions.
Specific Means of Defining.
Reasoning Practice.
Definitional Reasoning in Process.
5. CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES.
How Could This Happen?
Reasoning From Effect to Cause.
Reasoning From Cause to Effect.
Antecedent-Consequence.
Post-Hoc, Ergo Propter Hoc.
Chance as a Causal Factor.
Chance and Causality, Myth and Cosmology.
Some Guidelines for Causal Reasoning.
Causality and the Ends of Reasoning.
Reasoning Practice.
Causal Reasoning in Process.
6. VALUES.
Criteria.
Supporting Value Claims--Nature and Consequences.
One Example of Claims about Value: Music.
Another Example: Family Farms.
Weighting Criteria.
Guidelines for Reasoning about Values.
Reasoning Practice.
Evaluative Reasoning in Process.
7. PROCEDURES AND PROPOSALS.
"Houston: We Have a Problem."
Courtney Robertson's Modest Proposal.
Feasibility, Plausibility, Credibility.
Guidelines for Reasoning about Procedures and Proposals.
Reasoning Practice.
Proposal Reasoning in Process.
8. MEDIATED REASONING OR REASONING: ITS NOT ALL IN YOUR HEAD.
Eyes.
Ears.
Bodies.
Reasoning Practice.
Embodied Reasoning in Process.
9. BECOMING A CITIZEN CRITIC.
Intervening in Public Controversies.
Diversions of Reasoning.
Spectator Culture, Consumer Culture, Democratic Culture.
Invoking Citizen Critics
What Is a Citizen? And a Citizen of What?
The Enthymemes of This Book.
Reasoning Practice.
Citizen Criticism in Process.
Index.
1. REASONING: ARE YOU FOR IT OR AGAINST IT?
The Powers of Reasoning.
Elemental Questions.
Pluto and Plato.
Fine Language and Geometry.
Ethos, Pathos, and Logos.
The End of Reasoning.
Internal and External Reasoning: An Example.
Rhetorical Inventions: Beyond "For or Against."
Reasoning Practice.
2. INVENTION: PLACES, PATHS, AND STRUCTURES OF REASONING.
An Introduction to the Specific Elements.
The Canons of Rhetoric.
Places of Reasoning: Topoi.
Paths of Reasoning: The Stasis Questions.
Structures of Reasoning.
From Invention to Judgment.
Stasis Questions and Time.
Architectonics.
Reasoning in Process.
Reasoning Practice.
3. CONJECTURES.
The Primary Stasis, A Place to Begin.
A Trove of Conjectural Claims.
How to Spot a Conjectural Claim.
Types of Conjectural Claims.
Reasoning Practice.
Conjectural Reasoning in Process.
4. DEFINITIONS.
Rhetoric and Definitions.
Dictionary Definitions.
Neologisms.
Stipulative Definitions.
Specific Means of Defining.
Reasoning Practice.
Definitional Reasoning in Process.
5. CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES.
How Could This Happen?
Reasoning From Effect to Cause.
Reasoning From Cause to Effect.
Antecedent-Consequence.
Post-Hoc, Ergo Propter Hoc.
Chance as a Causal Factor.
Chance and Causality, Myth and Cosmology.
Some Guidelines for Causal Reasoning.
Causality and the Ends of Reasoning.
Reasoning Practice.
Causal Reasoning in Process.
6. VALUES.
Criteria.
Supporting Value Claims--Nature and Consequences.
One Example of Claims about Value: Music.
Another Example: Family Farms.
Weighting Criteria.
Guidelines for Reasoning about Values.
Reasoning Practice.
Evaluative Reasoning in Process.
7. PROCEDURES AND PROPOSALS.
"Houston: We Have a Problem."
Courtney Robertson's Modest Proposal.
Feasibility, Plausibility, Credibility.
Guidelines for Reasoning about Procedures and Proposals.
Reasoning Practice.
Proposal Reasoning in Process.
8. MEDIATED REASONING OR REASONING: ITS NOT ALL IN YOUR HEAD.
Eyes.
Ears.
Bodies.
Reasoning Practice.
Embodied Reasoning in Process.
9. BECOMING A CITIZEN CRITIC.
Intervening in Public Controversies.
Diversions of Reasoning.
Spectator Culture, Consumer Culture, Democratic Culture.
Invoking Citizen Critics
What Is a Citizen? And a Citizen of What?
The Enthymemes of This Book.
Reasoning Practice.
Citizen Criticism in Process.
Index.