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"Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders. Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations. But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it."
- The Buddha
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 Format: Textbook Paperback, 3rd ed., 8
Edition: REVISED
Publisher: Hackett Publishing Company, Incorporated
ISBN: 0872205525
Release Date: Jan 8, 1996
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Updated examples, streamlined text, and the chapter on definition reworked in a rule-based format strengthen this already strong volume. Readers familiar with the previous edition will find a text that retains all the features that make Rulebook ideally suited for use as a supplementary course book-including its modest price and compact size. Unlike most textbooks on argumentative writing, Rulebook is organized around specific rules, illustrated and explained soundly and briefly. It is not a textbook, but a rulebook, whose goal is to help students get on with writing a paper or assessing an argument.
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| | | |  | | | | Preface | ix | | Introduction | xi | | I. | Composing a Short Argument: Some General Rules | 1 | | 1. | Distinguish premises and conclusion | 1 | | 2. | Present your ideas in a natural order | 3 | | 3. | Start from reliable premises | 4 | | 4. | Be concrete and concise | 5 | | 5. | Avoid loaded language | 6 | | 6. | Use consistent terms | 7 | | 7. | Stick to one meaning for each term | 8 | | II. | Arguments by Example | 10 | | 8. | Give more than one example | 11 | | 9. | Use representative examples | 12 | | 10. | Background information is crucial | 14 | | 11. | Consider counterexamples | 17 | | III. | Arguments by Analogy | 19 | | 12. | Analogy requires a relevantly similar example | 21 | | IV. | Arguments from Authority | 24 | | 13. | Sources should be cited | 25 | | 14. | Seek informed sources | 26 | | 15. | Seek impartial sources | 28 | | 16. | Cross-check sources | 30 | | 17. | Personal attacks do not disqualify a source | 30 | | V. | Arguments about Causes | 32 | | 18. | Explain how cause leads to effect | 33 | | 19. | Propose the most likely cause | 35 | | 20. | Correlated events are not necessarily related | 36 | | 21. | Correlated events may have a common cause | 36 | | 22. | Either of two correlated events may cause the other | 38 | | 23. | Causes may be complex | 38 | | VI. | Deductive Arguments | 40 | | 24. | Modus Ponens | 41 | | 25. | Modus Tollens | 42 | | 26. | Hypothetical Syllogism | 44 | | 27. | Disjunctive Syllogism | 46 | | 28. | Dilemma | 47 | | 29. | Reductio ad absurdum | 48 | | 30. | Deductive arguments in several steps | 50 | | VII. | Composing an Argumentative Essay | | | A. | Exploring the Issue | 53 | | A1. | Explore the arguments on all sides of the issue | 54 | | A2. | Question and defend each argument's premises | 56 | | A3. | Revise and rethink arguments as they emerge | 57 | | VIII. | Composing an Argumentative Essay | | | B. | Main Points of the Essay | 59 | | B1. | Explain the question | 59 | | B2. | Make a definite claim or proposal | 60 | | B3. | Develop your arguments fully | 61 | | B4. | Consider objections | 62 | | B5. | Consider alternatives | 63 | | IX. | Composing an Argumentative Essay | | | C. | Writing | 64 | | C1. | Follow your outline | 64 | | C2. | Keep the introduction brief | 65 | | C3. | Give your arguments one at a time | 65 | | C4. | Clarify, clarify, clarify | 67 | | C5. | Support objections with arguments | 68 | | C6. | Don't claim more than you have shown | 69 | | X. | Fallacies | 71 | | The Two Great Fallacies | 71 | | Some Classical Fallacies | 73 | | Appendix | Definition | 79 | | D1. | When terms are unclear, get specific | 80 | | D2. | When terms are contested, work from the clear cases | 82 | | D3. | Don't expect definitions to do the work of arguments | 84 | | Next Steps | 86 |
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