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Understanding Arguments: An Introduction to Informal Logic

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I used "Understanding Arguments" for a logic course in my undergrad (08) and it is an excellent book for beginning logic. The kind of foundation this book offers is crucial to enhance one's reading and comprehension ability. The skills focused on here apply to more then just the dissecting of philosophical arguments, they will enhance one's understanding in and out of many other classrooms as well.

If you are fond of calculating the value of a book by the number of memes you get per dollar, then this book is a good value. However, I wonder if the text hasn't become a bit bloated after 8 editions. There is material covered lightly here that is the subject of entire separate books, yet no indication is given that a superficial treatment is being provided (for example, material from linguistics and decision theory). The material that is provided is generally described well - the explanations are clear and there are sufficient examples to fix concepts.

This book has useful information for dissecting arguments, precise use of language, and covers logical fallacies. It is somewhat dry. This book was required reading for a college course I took in Principles of Thinking.

This is the textbook for my college course (phi 2100) at UNF. The bookstore at UNF wanted 100 dollars, while amazon just wanted .41 cents ( plus shipping). Amazing. I am actually reaaaally liking this book and the course it is used for. :)

book is in very good condition. i liked it.it is like a brand new as it was written.