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A concise, easy-to-read introduction to informal logic, With Good Reason offers both comprehensive coverage of informal fallacies and an abundance of engaging examples of both well-conceived and faulty arguments. A long-time favorite of both students and instructors, the text continues in its sixth edition to provide an abundance of exercises that help students identify, correct, and avoid common errors in argumentation.

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S. MORRIS ENGEL (Ph.D., University of Toronto) recently retired as a professor of philosophy at York University in Toronto, Ontario. Previously, he taught at the University of Southern California for twenty-five years. His many publications include The Study of Philosophy, Third Edition (1990) and The Language Trap (1994), as well as Wittgenstein's Doctrine of the Tyranny of Language (1971). Engel is also renowned as a translator of Yiddish, with projects including The Dybbuk (1979) and Kiddush Hashem (1977), Rachmil Bryks's moving account of the Holocaust.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Bedford/St. Martin's; Sixth edition (December 7, 1999)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 317 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0312157584
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0312157586
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 14.4 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.44 x 0.45 x 8.32 inches

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"With Good Reason," a practical defense against bad arguments.

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This is one of the best books I have read. An introduction to informal fallacies should be tought in every school. as I wrote in my title, it suffices to say what a bad argument is so that we can get a perspective on how logic works when used properly and improperly. If somebody tells me that if all A's are B's and all C's are B's, then All C's are A's, then one can think of examples where this statement fails, say for example, all A's are elephants, all B's are mammals, C is a mammal, then C is an elephant (pick your favorite mammal, maybe a whale). This example concerns a formal fallacy, but my point here is that a bad argument can be spotted if we question things; for example statements like "don't speak ill of your fiends." Only to friends? not speak ill but maybe wish it? I dare not say all the cases where an argument fails because this book talks about it in depth. Superficially, some arguments fail either because they don't have the correct form (the A's and B's example)so that someone may make drastic desicions/inference (substitute A's for child molestors, B's for humans, and C for some person), they are ambiguous (example from book: "if you believe in the miracles of science then you must believe in the miracles of the Bible. No religion issues intended, just the argument has a shift in meaning with the word "miracles."), they make pressumptions (did you stop beating your wife?), or they have irrelevancies (It's true that my gambling habbits is affecting my family, but you do it too). All of these arguments do not have sufficient "evidence" or sufficient reasons for us to believe them. When an argument does not have sufficient reasons or evidence for us to believe them then we call them a fallacy. "With good reason" covers each of these type of fallacies, except for the first one, all of which are called informal fallacies. Each fallacy is exposed in a very consise manner. It starts talking about the importance of good reasoning and why it is important to know when logic fails. Many examples are given in such a way that we may relate them to our daily or frecuent discussions (when advertisers trick you into buying things by use of appeal to emotion, mob appeal, ambiguous statements and so on; or when news exploit our fears). I recommend this book to everyone. It is not a hard read although it requires some thinking. Exercises are provided and some of them have answers with detailed explanations. I hope this review helps.

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I wish I'd had this book in High School

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I love this little book! I refer to it all the time when I read a newspaper article or listen to the television news. Engel goes over all different types of fallacious arguments and explains the illogic. He gives examples and illustrates many of them with fun cartoons. My favorite part is at the end: his deconstruction of Brutus' address to the Roman people from Shakespeares' "Julius Caesar". Engel shows how old Will used many fallacious arguments in that one short scene. A Master!

Many of the papers I had at university were, at bottom, arguments to convince the professor that the assignment as stated was true or false. There was no right answer, the objective, as I realized years later was to simply argue your point using evidence from the texts. Any high school student struggling with English, Humanities, Philosophy, Literature or History could profit from this book. It can teach you how to detect a false argument and how to construct a strong one.

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This is a great book, will help with understanding the bad and false arguments and explanations we hear in news, print, online, and from people in our lives. What I really appreciated about this book is compared to all the books I have read lately on this subject, this one is relatively neutral and free from the author's political and religious views.

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Fun, Informative, and Overall Great Read!

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This book was fun. It was informative. It was an overall great read. I took an introductory to informal logic class and was amazed at how easy this book was to read. I loved the examples, little cartoons, and sections of fallacies. I would highly recommend this book to anyone who is interested in philosophy or logic. 5/5

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Enjoy reading this with Engel's companion book "Analyzing Informal Fallacies" ...

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Enjoy reading this with Engel's companion book "Analyzing Informal Fallacies" They reinforce each other and make a great combo. Both are securely lodged in our vacation home to prepare us for use during the upcoming presidential campaign.

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Logic a Must

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Interesting book on how to understand the basis of argument. One must learn the basics to be able to understand a conversation. Nice read.

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