Good Reasoning Matters! (Paperback)

Leo Groarke

ISBN 10: 155481684X / ISBN 13: 9781554816842

Published by Broadview Press Ltd, 2025

About this Item

Paperback. Good Reasoning Matters! teaches students how to decipher, evaluate, analyze, construct, and engage in argument. This sixth edition incorporates many timely topics, including the impact of artificial intelligence and social media on how we propose and respond to arguments.The instruction in the book is rooted in traditional philosophical understandings of argument, but is expanded to account for the complexities that characterize real-life arguments. This includes an examination of the role that images, sounds, and other non-verbal components play in attempts to convince us of some point of viewin advertising, television, YouTube, film, interpersonal exchange, and elsewhere.Numerous and varied exercisesformative within the chapters and summative at their endhelp students improve their reading, reasoning, and writing skills.Instructors will find the text is informed by research in digital pedagogy and works well in a variety of course formats: in-person, remote, hybrid, and synchronous or asynchronous delivery. The authors expertise in argumentation theory and decades of teaching experience ensure that this book prepares students for the complexities of arguing in the 21st century. Good Reasoning Matters! is a comprehensive guide to critical thinking in a variety of contexts, particularly emphasizing the special concerns involved in real life arguments and the role that new technologies play in how we encounter and respond to arguments. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Good Reasoning Matters! (Paperback)
• Publisher: Broadview Press Ltd
• Publication Date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 155481684X
• ISBN 13: 9781554816842
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

Good Reasoning Matters! teaches students how to decipher, evaluate, analyze, construct, and engage in argument. This sixth edition incorporates many timely topics, including the impact of artificial intelligence and social media on how we propose and respond to arguments.

The instruction in the book is rooted in traditional philosophical understandings of argument, but is expanded to account for the complexities that characterize real-life arguments. This includes an examination of the role that images, sounds, and other non-verbal components play in attempts to convince us of some point of view―in advertising, television, YouTube, film, interpersonal exchange, and elsewhere.

Numerous and varied exercises―formative within the chapters and summative at their end―help students improve their reading, reasoning, and writing skills.

Instructors will find the text is informed by research in digital pedagogy and works well in a variety of course formats: in-person, remote, hybrid, and synchronous or asynchronous delivery. The authors’ expertise in argumentation theory and decades of teaching experience ensure that this book prepares students for the complexities of arguing in the 21st century.

About the Author

Leo Groarke is Professor of Philosophy at Trent University. Christopher W. Tindale is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Windsor. Linda Carozza is an instructor at York University.