<p>From the Publisher\nThis introduction to organized thought is intended to help students learn basic reasoning concepts and skills as well as to prepare them to begin to analyze more complex and extended arguments. The text emphasizes the basic analysis and evaluation of arguments, and features chapters on causal, analogical, and statistical reasoning, persuasive uses and abuses of reasoning, and extended arguments. The author presents concepts in a comprehensible way to beginning students. A wealth of examples and exercises that proceed from easy to difficult are designed to help students understand key concepts and techniques, and offer ample skills practice.</p>

Fundamentals of Reasoning

Politics & Social Sciences

Schwartz, Stephen P.

Philosophy

Macmillan Coll Div

<i>A Brief History of Analytic Philosophy: From Russell to Rawls</i> presents a comprehensive overview of the historical development of all major aspects of analytic philosophy, the dominant Anglo-American philosophical tradition in the twentieth century.  <ul>
<li>Features coverage of all the major subject areas and figures in analytic philosophy - including Wittgenstein, Bertrand Russell, G.E. Moore, Gottlob Frege, Carnap, Quine, Davidson, Kripke, Putnam, and many others</li> <li>Contains explanatory background material to help make clear technical philosophical concepts</li> <li>Includes listings of suggested further readings</li> <li>Written in a clear, direct style that presupposes little previous knowledge of philosophy</li> </ul>

A Brief History of Analytic Philosophy

Wiley/Blackwell

A Brief History of Analytic Philosophy: From Russell to Rawls

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