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      Critical Inquiry
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      Critical Inquiry

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      Critical Inquiry book

      The Process of Argument

      Critical Inquiry

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      Critical Inquiry book

      The Process of Argument
      ByMichael Boylan
      Edition 1st Edition
      First Published 2010
      eBook Published 23 May 2019
      Pub. Location New York
      Imprint Routledge
      DOI https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429501210
      Pages 226
      eBook ISBN 9780429501210
      Subjects Social Sciences
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      Boylan, M. (2010). Critical Inquiry: The Process of Argument (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429501210

      ABSTRACT

      This informative book is a necessary companion for anyone seeking to uncover the secret of successful persuasion: to organize, construct, and communicate arguments. It is at once comprehensive and accessible, an authoritative guide to logical thinking and effective communication. First, the text defines the nature and uses of argument, explaining how to read argument carefully. Such analysis then requires the student to reconstruct arguments in his or her own words. Finally, the reader is taught how to create a critical, reasoned response, thus constructing his or her own argument. To increase its accessibility and expand its range of application, Critical Inquiry uses (in addition to textual examples) advertisements from print media as 'texts' for applying its principles to subjects outside the traditional mode of academic presentation. Throughout, carefully selected reading questions and exercises pace the reader and ensure that the material is securely grasped and successfully applied.

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      chapter |15 pages

      Introduction

      part 1|1 pages

      Reading The Text

      chapter 1|14 pages

      Confronting the Text

      chapter 2|30 pages

      Critical Reading

      Worldviews, Fallacies, and the Common Body of Knowledge

      chapter 3|9 pages

      Confronting the Media

      part 2|1 pages

      Reconstructing The Text

      chapter 4|34 pages

      Outlining Deductive Logical Argument

      chapter 5|22 pages

      Outlining Inductive Argument

      chapter 6|10 pages

      Confronting Media in Reconstruction

      part 3|1 pages

      Responding To The Text

      chapter 7|15 pages

      Finding Out What You Believe

      chapter 8|8 pages

      The Con Essay

      chapter 9|7 pages

      The Pro Essay

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