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The Art of Deception An Introduction to Critical Thinking 1st Edition by Nicholas Capaldi, Miles Smit ISBN 159102532X 978-1591025320

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Author(s): Nicholas Capaldi; Miles Smit
ISBN(s): 9781110090853, 159102532X
Edition: Revised Edition
File Details: PDF, 28.53 MB
Year: 2007
Language: english
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ISBN 10: 159102532X

ISBN 13: 978-1591025320 

Author: Nicholas Capaldi, Miles Smit

Can you tell when you’re being deceived?

This classic work on critical thinking — now fully updated and revised — uses a novel approach to teach the basics of informal logic. On the assumption that “it takes one to know one,” the authors have written the book from the point of view of someone who wishes to deceive, mislead, or manipulate others. Having mastered the art of deception, readers will then be able to detect the misuse or abuse of logic when they encounter it in others — whether in a heated political debate or while trying to evaluate the claims of a persuasive sales person.

Using a host of real-world examples, the authors show you how to win an argument, defend a case, recognize a fallacy, see through deception, persuade a skeptic, and turn defeat into victory. Not only do they discuss the fundamentals of logic (premises, conclusions, syllogisms, common fallacies, etc.), but they also consider important related issues often encountered in face-to-face debates, such as gaining a sympathetic audience, responding to audience reaction, using nonverbal devices, clearly presenting the facts, refutation, and driving home a concluding argument.

Whether you’re preparing for law school or you just want to become more adept at making your points and analyzing others’ arguments, The Art of Deception will give you the intellectual tools to become a more effective thinker and speaker. Helpful exercises and discussion questions are also included.

Table of contents:

1: What Is Logic?
What Is an Argument?
When Is an Argument Acceptable?
Summary and Exercises

2: Identifying Arguments
Arguments
Difficulties in Identifying Arguments
Grammar, Punctuation, and Reading Comprehension
Rules for Identifying Premises and Conclusions
Summary and Exercises

3: Formal Analysis of Arguments
The Ideal of Logic
Syllogisms
Rules for Valid Syllogisms
Soundness and Informal Logic
Summary and Exercises

4: Presenting Your Case
Gaining a Sympathetic Audience
Presenting the Facts
Driving Home the Conclusion
Nonverbal Devices
Advertising as a Case Study
Summary and Exercises

5: Attacking an Argument
Audience Reaction
Anatomy of Refutation
Attacking the Conclusion
Face-to-Face Debate
Summary and Exercises

6: Defending Your Case
Counterattack
Winning the Argument
Going for a Tie
Summary and Exercises

7: Cause-and-Effect Reasoning
History of the Concept of “Causation”
Hume’s Definition of Cause and Effect
Causal Reasoning as Practical
Mill’s Methods
Fallacies of Causal Reasoning
Problems with the Concept of “Causation”
Summary and Exercises

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