Anthony Weston

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 organised 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.

A Rulebook for Arguments

Rulebook for Arguments

Libro imprescindible del fondo de Ariel. Trata sólo lo esencial. A menudo, estudiantes y escritores no necesitan extensas explicaciones introductorias, sino tan sólo una lista de recordatorios y de reglas. Por lo tanto, a diferencia de la mayoría de los libros de texto acerca de cómo armar un argumento, es decir, de "lógica informal", este libro se estructura alrededor de reglas específicas, ilustradas y explicadas de una manera correcta, pero, sobre todo, breve. No es un libro de texto, es un libro que estudia las reglas de la argumentación. Descubrí que también los profesores quieren a veces recomendar un libro de reglas semejante, un manual que los estudiantes puedan consultar y comprender por sí mismos, y que, por lo tanto, no interfiera en las horas de clase. En este caso, una vez más es importante aquí ser breve —la cuestión es ayudar a los estudiantes a escribir un articulo o a evaluar un argumento— pero las reglas deben ser expuestas con la suficiente explicación para que el profesor pueda dirigirse a los estudiantes, simplemente, haciendo referencia a la «regla 13» o a la «regla 23», en vez de escribir una explicación completa en los márgenes de los trabajos de cada estudiante. Breve pero autosuficiente, esta es la fina línea que trata de seguir

Las claves de la argumentación

Desidério Murcho

João Miguel Biscaia Branquinho

Este livro ensina a avaliar e redigir ensaios argumentativos, permitindo ao leitor não só exprimir e defender suas idéias, mas também impedi-lo de se deixar adormecer pela retória dos maus argumentos, infelizmente comuns nos mais diversos domínios. Oferece, portanto, a possibilidade de exercer com clareza e rigor as suas capacidades críticas

A arte de argumentar

21st Century Ethical Toolbox

From academic writing to personal and public discourse, the need for good arguments and better ways of arguing is greater than ever before. This timely fifth edition of A Rulebook for Arguments sharpens an already-classic text, adding updated examples and a new chapter on public debates that provides rules for the etiquette and ethics of sound public dialogue as well as clear and sound thinking in general.

Ständig versuchen wir, andere durch Argumente zu überzeugen, ob im Privatleben, im Beruf oder Studium, in Politik oder Gesellschaft. Aber wie gelingt uns das? Anthony Weston, amerikanischer Philosoph und Essayist, hilft uns auf die Sprünge. Mit anschaulichen Regeln und Beispielen aus dem Alltag erläutert er, was gute und was schlechte Argumente sind und wie man erfolgreich argumentiert: Wie setzt man Beispiele oder Analogien wirksam ein? Wie erkennt man vertrauenswürdige Quellen? Wie prüft man ein Argument auf seine Stichhaltigkeit? Griffige Tipps, wie man in Texten argumentieren oder sich in öffentlichen Debatten verhalten soll, runden das E-Book ab.

Die Kunst des guten Arguments

A Practical Companion to Ethics, Third Edition, is a concise and accessible introduction to the basic attitudes and skills that make ethics work, like thinking for oneself, creative and integrative problem-solving, and keeping an open mind. This unique volume illuminates the broad kinds of practical intelligence required in moral judgment, complementing the narrower theoretical considerations that often dominate ethics courses. It offers practical instruction in problem-solving by demonstrating how to frame an ethical problem and deal effectively with ethical disagreements. The book also presents ethics as an ongoing learning experience, helping students to deal with both the complexities of their individual lives and with the larger issues that exist in the world around them. The third edition retains the most popular features of the previous edition, including challenging and relevant end-of-chapter exercises; brief text boxes that define key terms and review core strategies; and short dialogues that illustrate ethical dilemmas. The optimistic tone and brisk pace of the narrative provide an entertaining and intelligent guide to "everyday" morality. The third edition includes a more extensive treatment of ethics and religion (Chapter 2), which provides the framework for a moral dialogue that reaches across sectarian divides. It also contains a revised final chapter on the continuously unfolding nature of ethical understanding and an expanded appendix that gives detailed advice on writing various types of ethics papers. Ideal for introductory courses in ethics and applied ethics, A Practical Companion to Ethics, Third Edition, can also be used in any course related to critical thinking.

A Practical Companion to Ethics

Robert Anderson

Anne Bolin

Laura Roselle

Thomas Arcaro

Rosemary Haskell

Chinedu Eke

Stephen Braye

Ann Cahill

Brian Digre

Mathew Gendle

Duane McClearn

Jeffrey Pugh

Jean Schwind

Kerstin Sorensen

First Published in 2016. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an Informa company.

Becoming a Responsible World Citizen

Understanding the Global Experience

David R. Morrow

David Morrow and Anthony Weston build on Weston's acclaimed A Rulebook for Arguments to offer a complete textbook for a course in critical thinking or informal logic. Features of the book include: Homework exercises adapted from a wide range of actual arguments from newspapers, philosophical texts, literature, movies, YouTube videos, and other sources. Practical advice to help students succeed when applying the Rulebook's rules. Suggestions for further practice that outline activities students can do by themselves or with classmates to improve their critical thinking skills. Detailed instructions for in-class activities and take-home assignments designed to engage students in critical thinking. An appendix on mapping arguments, a topic not included in the Rulebook, that introduces students to this vital skill in evaluating or constructing complex and multi-step arguments. Model responses to odd-numbered exercises, including commentaries on the strengths and weaknesses of selected model responses as well as further discussion of some of the substantive intellectual, philosophical, and ethical issues raised by the exercises. The third edition of Workbook contains the entire text of the recent fifth edition of the Rulebook, supplementing this core text with extensive further explanations and exercises. Updated and improved homework exercises ensure that the examples continue to resonate with today’s students. Roughly one-third of the exercises have been replaced with updated or improved examples. A new chapter on engaging constructively in public debates—including five new sets of exercises—trains students to engage respectfully and constructively on controversial topics, an increasingly important skill in our hyper-partisan age. Three new critical thinking activities offer further opportunities to practice constructive dialogue.

A Complete Course in Critical Thinking

A Workbook for Arguments

Professor of Philosophy and Environmental Studies Anthony Weston

In the face of our receding connection to nature and the loss of our direct experience of the world, this book proposes a different kind of environmentalism. It argues that we must restore our link with the 'more-than-human' world, bringing wilderness, animals, and the Earth closer to individuals and into daily life.

Anthony Weston

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