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| Critical Thinking and Communication: The Use of Reason in Argument (5th Edition) | 
 enlarge | Authors: Edward S. Inch, Barbara Warnick, Danielle Endres
Publisher: Allyn & Bacon
Category: Book
List Price: $101.80
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Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 484423
Media: Paperback
Edition: 5
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 408
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 6.9 x 0.8
ISBN: 0205453546
Dewey Decimal Number: 168
EAN: 9780205453542
ASIN: 0205453546
Publication Date: July 28, 2005
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Product Description
Relating common theoretical models to true-to-life examples from law, ethics, education, and business, Inch and Warnick stress the importance of argumentation in everyday life as they build reader competence and critical awareness. Critical Thinking and Communication encourages readers to develop skills in both constructing and refuting arguments. Through exercises and examples, readers learn how to create individual arguments, extend argument cases, and understand how arguments are designed and how to interpret them. The text allow readers to conceptualize argumentation in the larger framework of verbal and written interaction, from public speaking and debating to interpersonal, intercultural, and small group communication.
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 error report August 30, 2006
2 out of 5 found this review helpful
Readers should beware of an error on page 36. The form of a syllogism, and the example, are wrong. "Every mammal is warm blooded. Every whale is warm blooded. Therefore every whale is a mammal." If this were correct, then we could argue "Every cat is an animal. Every dog is an animal. Therefore every cat is a dog." (Later on, they get the syllogism right, but it sad that students will be taught an incorrect form first.
 A good step-by-step guide to argument and debate April 27, 2000
9 out of 10 found this review helpful
I have used this text to teach my argumentation course for the past three years. It has proven very effective in teaching students step-by-step how to recognize claims, evidence and reasoning. Each chapter contains very practical exercises for students to complete proving they grasp the concepts of the chapter. Very clear examples are provided of arguments and the impact of culture on argument (in one chapter). The only weakness is on the focus on debate solely. This is not a weakness for some, but is for me who is striving to introduce students to both dialogue and debate.
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