Basics of Reasoning [Paperback]

Ronald Munson (Author), David Conway (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 17, 2000 | ISBN-10: 0534538843 | ISBN-13: 978-0534538842 | Edition: 1

Based upon the authors' successful ELEMENTS OF REASONING, this text is an even more concise introduction to the basic elements of argumentative prose and the tools to understand, analyze, criticize and construct arguments. More direct, essential coverage of basics is provided with fewer exercises.

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Ronald Munson is Professor of the Philosophy of Science and Medicine at the University of Missouri - St. Louis. He received his Ph.D. from Columbia University and was a Postdoctoral Fellow in Biology at Harvard University. He has been a Visiting Professor at the University of California, San Diego, and the Harvard Medical School. His books include REASONING IN MEDICINE (with Daniel Albert and Michael Resnik), THE WAY OF WORDS, and THE ELEMENTS OF REASONING (with David Conway). He is the author of FAN MAIL and NIGHT VISION.

Product Details

• Paperback: 149 pages
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing; 1 edition (August 17, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0534538843
• ISBN-13: 978-0534538842
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.4 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.3 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,424,527 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars For anyone needing to learn the basics of reasoning!, February 20, 2009

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This review is from: Basics of Reasoning (Paperback)

Very interesting text. It goes over a lot of points that you would think to be obvious, but while in a class of 30, it was discovered that not everyone looks at reasoning the same way (obviously). Very good book if you are looking to find the fallacies in your own reasoning or in another person. (Or, if you are trying to win your arguments!)