Arguing Across the Disciplines

Arguing Across the Disciplines is the only text of its kind combining instruction in argumentation with writing across the disciplines through discussion of a diverse selection of classic and contemporary arguments.
The anthology features over 50 thought-provoking arguments organized by broad curricular areas (the Liberal Arts, Social Sciences, and Natural Sciences) that include disciplines such as architecture, bioethics, communication, economics, engineering, epidemiology, and literature-ideal for first year students still undecided in their field(s) of study.
Features:

• The comprehensive discussion of argument in Part I includes claim types, classical appeals, the Toulmin model, Rogerian argument, inductive and deductive reasoning, and refutation while also demonstrating the essential skills emphasized in WAC programs: summary, analysis, and synthesis.
• “Questions for Writing and Discussion” appear throughout Part I and offer students informal writing opportunities in which they can apply theory to practice on a range of issues that are both enduring and topical.
• Each reading in the anthology, Part II, is accompanied by four types of questions designed to generate discussion and provide writing opportunities:
  • “Engaging the Text” helps students focus on the most important information in each reading;
  • “Evaluating the Argument” encourages students to analyze how each argument is constructed and supported;
  • “Exploring the Issue” provides opportunities for students to think about the subjects of each reading beyond the text;
  • “Connecting Different Perspectives” ask students to make intertextual connections among the readings.
• “Reading Visual Texts as Arguments” (Ch. 8) explains how to interpret visual texts and use images to illustrate and develop arguments.
• “Writing Arguments from Sources” (Ch. 9) includes three sample student research papers, one each in MLA, APA, and CSE styles.
• Two alternate Tables of Contents organized by Rhetorical Patterns and by Subject/ Theme accommodate a variety of teaching approaches for maximum instructor flexibility.

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List of contents

Part I
 
1. Reading and Responding to Arguments
Rhetoric and Persuasion
Critical Reading for Ideas and Organization
Identifying a Thesis
Responding to What You Read
A Sample Essay for Student Annotation
        Edward T. Hall, “Hidden Culture” (Anthropology)
Keeping a Reading Journal
        Summarizing
Three Arguments for Critical Reading (in the Liberal Arts, Social Sciences and Sciences)          
        Roger Ebert, “Great Movies” (Film Criticism)
        Eric Schlosser, “Kid Kustomers” (Marketing)
        Loren Eiseley, “How Flowers Changed the World” (Botany)
 
2. Strategies for Arguing
Introduction to the Toulmin Model
Kinds of Claims
        Factual Claims
        Causal Claims
        Value Claims
        Policy Claims
Definition
        Methods of Defining Terms
        Extended Definition
        James Baldwin, "If Black English Isn't a Language, Then Tell Me What It Is"
 
3. Supporting Arguments
Using Evidence
        Testimony of Experts
        Examples from Personal Experience
        Hypothetical Cases
        Analogies
        Statistics
Understanding Warrants
        Underlying Assumptions
        Evaluating Types of Warrants
Considering the Audience
        The Rogerian Method
        The Toulmin Model
               
4. Arguing in the Disciplines
Inquiry in the Liberal Arts, Social Sciences, and Sciences
        Arguing in the Arts
        Arguing in Ethics
        Arguing in History
        Arguing in Social Sciences
        Arguing in the Law
        Arguing in Business
        Arguing in the Sciences
Three Arguments for Analysis
        Kenneth M. Stampp, “To Make Them Stand in Fear” (History)
        John M. Darley and Bibb Latane, “Why People Don't Help in a Crisis” (Social Psychology)
        Arthur D. Hasler and James A. Larsen, “The Homing Salmon” (Ichthyology)
 
5. Reasoning in Inductive and Deductive Arguments
Methods of Reasoning
Inductive Reasoning
        By Means of Causal Generalization, Sampling, and Analogy
Deductive Reasoning
Logical Fallacies
A Sample Inductive Argument for Analysis
        Garret Hardin, “Lifeboat Ethics” (Ethics)
A Sample Deductive Argument for Analysis
        Milton Friedman, “The Social Responsibility of Business Is to Increase Its Profits” (Economics)
 
6. The Role of Language in Argument
Tone
        Irony
        Satire
Sample Essay for Analysis
        Mark Twain's, “The Lowest Animal” (Literature)
Language and Persuasion
  The Ethical Dimension of Persuasion
        Propaganda
        Intensifying and Downplaying
Two Short Arguments for Analysis
        Charles Sevilla, “The Case of the Non-Unanimous Jury” (Law)
        Robert E. Jones, “Justice Can Be Served Despite Dissenting Votes” (Law)
 
7. Writing and Refuting Arguments
Prewriting
Invention Strategies
Arriving at a Thesis
Making up an Outline
Writing the Introduction, the Middle, and the Conclusion
Audience
Writing the First Draft
        Revising and Rewriting Your Essay
Analyzing Someone Else's Argument
        How to Analyze an Argument
Sample Annotated Essay
        Judith Ortiz Cofer, “The Myth of the Latin Woman” (Cultural Anthropology)
Identifying Your Thesis
Providing Evidence by Paraphrasing and Quoting
Sample Summary
        A Sample Student Essay, “Examining the Latina Stereotype” based on Cofer's Essay
Refuting Arguments
        Analyzing an Argument and Inventing Your Own
        An Argument with a Student's Refutation
Esther Vilar, “The Business World as a Hunting Ground” (Cultural Anthropology)
A Student's Refutation of Vilar's Essay, “Are Men Really the Slaves of Women?”
 
8. Reading and Analyzing Visual Texts
Elements of Design
Analyzing a Web site
Tables, Graphs, and Charts
Reading Images as Cultural Signs
Case Study for the Paper Clip Project
Techniques of Advertising
Portfolio of Ads to Analyze
 
9. Writing Arguments from Sources
Finding a Question to Answer
Using the Library
Using the On-line Computer Catalog
Using Periodical Indexes
Using Book Reviews, Newspaper Indexes and Abstracts, Field Research and Interviews
Using Computerized Data Bases
Evaluating Source Material
Drawing Up a Working Bibliography
Tips for Evaluating Electronic Sources
The Dangers of Undocumented Sources
Note-taking Procedures
Using Your Notes to Create an Outline
The Preliminary Thesis Statement
Creating the Rough Draft
Revising the Rough Draft into a Final Draft
Revising and Editing with a Computer
Preparing the Manuscript
 
The MLA Style of In-text Citation
Sample Research Paper in MLA Style
 
The APA Style of In-text Citation
Sample Research Paper in APA Style
 
Using the CSE Style to Document the Manuscript
Sample Research Paper in CSE Style
 
 
Part II
 
LIBERAL ARTS
 
Art and Architecture
Richard Keller Simon, “The Shopping Mall and the Formal Garden”
Ethics and Bioethics
Hans Ruesch, “Slaughter of the Innocent”
Philip Wheelwright, “The Meaning of Ethics”
History
Fred Kaplan, “The End of History”
Journalism
Lance Morrow, “Imprisoning Time in a Rectangle”
Language
Helen Keller
Literature
Ursula Le Guin, “American SF and the Other”
Music
Aaron Copland, “Film Music”
Philosophy and Religion
Jean Paul Sartre, “Existentialism”
 
SOCIAL SCIENCES
 
American Studies
Philip Slater, “Want-Creation Fuels Americans' Addictiveness”
Business and Marketing
Robert F. Hartley, “The Edsel: Marketing, Planning and Research Gone Awry”
Communication
Neil Postman and Steve Powers, “TV News as Entertainment”
Cultural Anthropology
Harold Miner, “Body Rituals of the Nacirema”
Economics
Thomas Robert Malthus, “The Principle of Population”
Education
Nat Hentoff, “'Speech Codes' on the Campus and Problems of Free Speech"
Political Science
Daniela Deane, “The Little Emperors”
Martin Luther King, Jr., “I Have a Dream”
Psychology
Stanley Milgram, “The Perils of Obedience”
Philip G. Zimbardo, “The Stanford Prison Experiment”
Sociology
Gloria Steinem, “The Time Factor”
 
SCIENCE
 
Biology
Charles Darwin, “From on the Origin of Species”
Robert Sapolsky, “Bugs in the Brain”
Eric Scigliano, , “Through the Eye of an Octopus”
Ecology and Environmental Studies
Elizabeth Kolbert, “Shishmaref, Alaska”
Joseph K. Skinner, “Big Mac and the Tropical Forests”
Engineering
Donald A. Norman, “Emotional Robots”
Epidemiology
Gina Kolata, “An Incident in Hong Kong”
Zoology
Donald R. Griffin, “Wordy Apes”
Gunjan Sinha, “You Dirty Vole”
Genetics and Bioengineering
Carol Grunewald, “Monsters of the Brave New World”
Medicine
George E. Vaillant, “We Should Retain the Disease Concept of Alcoholism”
Oceanography
Thor Heyerdahl, “How to Kill an Ocean”
Physics
Charles H. Townes, “Harnessing Light”

Summary

Arguing Across the Disciplinesis the only text of its kind, combining instruction in argumentation with writing across the curriculum and including a diverse selection of classic and contemporary arguments in a wide range of disciplines.
 
Nine writing chapters provide students with a comprehensive discussion of argument that includes stasis theory (claim types), classical appeals, the Toulmin model, Rogerian argument, inductive and deductive reasoning, and refutation.  In addition, Arguing Across the Disciplinesoffers extensive discussion of visual arguments, how arguments are constructed in different disciplines for different audiences and purposes, and source-based writing using MLA, APA, and CSE documentation styles.
 
At the same time, Arguing Across the Disciplines encourages the comprehension and practice of essential skills emphasized in WAC programs, including summary, analysis, and synthesis.
 
The anthology features thought-provoking arguments organized by broad curricular areas (the Liberal Arts, Social Sciences, and Natural Sciences) that include disciplines such as architecture, bioethics, communication, economics, engineering, epidemiology, and literature--ideal for first year students still choosing their field(s) of study.

Product details

• Authors: Stuart Hirschberg, Terry Hirschberg
• Publisher: Pearson Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2006
• EAN: 9780321419255
• ISBN: 978-0-321-41925-5
• No. of pages: 608
• Weight: 800 g
• Series: Longman; Longman
• Subjects: Guides > Law, job, finance > Training, job, career; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics