An edition of The Oxford guide to effective argument and critical thinking
(2014)
The Oxford guide to effective argument and critical thinking
First edition.
by Colin Swatridge
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Oxford Guide to Effective Argument and Critical Thinking
2014, Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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2014, Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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Table of Contents
1.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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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