LOGIC AND CONTEMPORARY RHETORIC: THE USE OF REASON IN EVERYDAY LIFE, 13th Edition, introduces you to sound reasoning using current, relevant, and stimulating examples in a witty and invigorating writing style. Combining examples from television, newspapers, magazines, advertisements, and our nation's political dialogue, this classic text brings the concepts to life and puts critical-thinking skills into a context that you will retain and use throughout your life.

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Cover
Title page
Copyright page
Contents
Preface
Chapter 1 Good and Bad Reasoning
Chapter 2 More on Deduction and Induction
Chapter 3 Fal lacies: Questionable Premises
Chapter 4 Fal lacies: Inval id Inferences
Chapter 5 Fal lacies: Misusing Induction
Chapter 6 P sychological Impediments to Cogent Reasoning: Shooting Ourselves in the Foot
Chapter 7 Language
Chapter 8 Evaluating Extended Arguments
Chapter 9 Writing Cogent (and Persuasive) Essays
Chapter 10 Advertising: Sel l ing the Product
Chapter 11 Managing the News
Chapter 12 New Media, Cyberculture, and Public Discourse
Chapter 13 Argument and Rhetoric in Fiction
Appendix More on Cogent Reasoning
Answers to Starred Exercise Items
Bibliography
Glossary
Index

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