Argumentation: Keeping Faith with Reason

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Uses a conceptual framework to discuss argumentation

This text uses a conceptual framework involving three types of claims (fact, value, policy) that are advanced by forms of reasoning (definition, example, cause, sign, etc.). This framework describes a wider variety of arguments.

Learning Goals

Upon completing this book, readers will be able to:

• Understand basic concepts in argumentation theory, criticism, and practice
• Make good arguments as well as evaluate the arguments they encounter