Argumentation: Critical Thinking in Action: 3rd Edition

Argumentation: Critical Thinking in Action, 3rd ed., explores a wide variety of issues and concepts connected to making arguments, responding to the arguments of others, and using good critical thinking skills to analyze persuasive communication. Key topics include the nature of claims, evidence, and reasoning; common fallacies in reasoning; traits associated with good critical thinking; how language is used strategically in argument; ways to organize an argumentative case; how to refute an opposing argument or case; cultural dimensions of argument; and ways to make a better impression either orally or in writing. ?An accessible, contemporary explanation of argumentation concepts, with many good examples. It gives my general-science students the conceptual framework to formulate, analyze, and refute arguments relating to important issues facing us today.? - Dr. Steven Mellema, Professor of Physics, Gustavus Adolphus College