Logic and Contemporary Rhetoric: The Use of Reason in Everyday Life (Mindtap Course List) - Softcover

Boardman, Frank; Cavender, Nancy; Kahane, Howard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1305956028 ISBN 13: 9781305956025

Publisher: Wadsworth Pub Co, 2017

Synopsis

Long the choice of instructors who want to "keep students engaged," LOGIC AND CONTEMPORARY RHETORIC: THE USE OF REASON IN EVERYDAY LIFE, Thirteenth Edition, introduces students to sound reasoning using current, relevant, and stimulating examples in a witty and invigorating writing style. Combining examples from television, newspapers, magazines, advertisements, and our nation's political dialogue, this classic text brings the concepts to life and puts critical-thinking skills into a context that students will retain and use throughout their lives.

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About the Authors

Frank Boardman is a visiting assistant professor at Dickinson College. He received his Ph.D. in Philosophy from the CUNY Graduate Center in 2016.

Nancy M. Cavender is Professor Emeritus at the College of Marin.

Howard Kahane received a master's degree from the University of California at Los Angeles and a Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania. He was a professor of philosophy at Bernard M. Baruch college in New York and is considered one of the founders of the critical-thinking movement, an approach to logic that makes it less abstract and more practical as a tool for analyzing political and social issues.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wadsworth Pub Co
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1305956028
• ISBN 13: 9781305956025
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 429