Essentials of Logic

Preface   Acknowledgments   CHAPTER 1 Basic Logical Concepts 1.1 What Logic Is 1.2 Propositions and Sentences 1.3 Arguments, Premises, and Conclusions 1.4 Arguments and Explanations 1.5 Recognizing Arguments     A. Premise- and Conclusion-Indicators     B. Arguments in Context     C. Premises Not in Declarative Form     D. Unstated Propositions 1.6 Deduction and Validity 1.7 Validity and Truth 1.8 Induction and Probability 1.9 Analyzing Arguments     A. Paraphrasing     B. Diagramming Arguments     C. Interwoven Arguments 1.10 Complex Argumentative Passages Essentials of Chapter 1   CHAPTER 2 Informal Fallacies 2.1 What Is a Fallacy? 2.2 Fallacies of Relevance     R1. Argument from Ignorance ( argumentum ad ignoratiam )     R2. Appeal to Illegitimate Authority ( argumentum ad verecundiam )     R3. Argument Against the Person (Personal Attack, argumentum ad hominem )     R4. Appeal to Emotion (Mob Appeal, argumentum ad populum )     R5. Appeal to Pity ( argumentum ad misericordiam )     R6. Appeal to Force ( argumentum ad baculum )     R7. Irrelevant Conclusion ( ignoratio elenchi; non sequitur ) 2.3 Fallacies of Presumption     P1. Complex Question     P2. False Cause ( post hoc, ergo propter hoc; non causa pro causa )     P3. Begging the Question ( petitio principii )     P4. Accident

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• Autori: Carl Cohen, Irving Copi, Irving Cohen Copi, Irving M. Copi, Irving M. Cohen Copi, Daniel Flage, Daniel E. Flage
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 17.07.2006
• EAN: 9780132380348
• ISBN: 978-0-13-238034-8
• Pagine: 464
• Categorie: Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Filosofia: tematiche generali, opere di consultazione; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Filosofia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie