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020			_a9780199671724 _qpaperback
020			_a0199671729 _qpaperback
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050	0	0	_aBC177 _b.S954 2014
082	0	0	_a160 SW.O 2014 _223
100	1		_aSwatridge, Colin, _eauthor.
245	1	4	_aThe Oxford guide to effective argument and critical thinking / _cColin Swatridge.
250			_aFirst edition.
264		1	_aOxford : _bOxford University Press, _c2014.
300			_axi, 235 pages : _billustrations ; _c24 cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
336			_astill image _bsti _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_a1.What do you do when you argue a case? -- Claims and conclusions -- Reasons and inference -- Titles as questions -- Support for a conclusion -- 2.How will you make yourself clear? -- Vagueness and definition -- Assumptions -- Ambiguity and conflation -- Ordering and indicating -- 3.What case have others made? -- Counter-claims -- Counter-argument -- Selection and evaluation of sources -- Reputation and expertise -- 4.What do you make of these arguments? -- Overstatement and straw man -- Causes and conditions -- Appeals to the past -- Appeals to feelings -- 5.How will you support your case? -- Examples and anecdotes -- Facts and factual claims -- Statistical evidence -- Credibility and corroboration -- 6.How much can you be sure about? -- Certainty and plausibility -- Deductive argument -- Conditional claims -- Logic and truth -- 7.How much is a matter of belief? -- Point of view -- Belief and opinion -- Bias and neutrality -- Values and principles -- 8.Are you over-simplifying the issue? -- Ad hominem and tu quoque ploys -- False dichotomy -- Over-generalization -- Analogy and slippery slope -- 9.Does your argument hang together? -- Contradiction -- Consistency and coherence -- Changing the subject -- Begging the question -- 10.How will you lay out your case? -- Structure of reasoning -- Intermediate conclusion -- Alternative inferences -- Quotation and referencing.
520			_aThis work takes you step by step through the art of argument, from thinking about what to write and how you might write it, to how you may strengthen your claims, and how to come to a strong conclusion.
650		0	_aLogic.
650		0	_aRhetoric.
650		0	_aReasoning.
650		0	_aCritical thinking.
650		0	_aDebates and debating.
856	4	1	_uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/coventry/reader.action?docID=1707869&query=9780199671724
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998			_amona.romia _bP _d20220215
246	3	0	_aEffective argument and critical thinking
856	4	2	_3Contributor biographical information
856	4	2	_3Publisher description
856	4	1	_3Table of contents only
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