Abstract ADVANGEBOOKS-UNDERSTANDING ARGUMENTS: AN INTRODUCTION TO
INFORMAL LOGIC, 9E shows readers how to construct arguments in everyday life, using …

Abstract Now in its Eighth Edition, UNDERSTANDING ARGUMENTS: AN INTRODUCTION
TO INFORMAL LOGIC, 8th Edition. has proven itself to be an exceptional guide to …

The study of logic has often fostered the idea that its methods might be used in attempts to
understand and improve thinking, reasoning, and argument as they occur in real life …

Undoubtedly, Ralph H. Johnson and J. Anthony Blair are two of the patriarchs of informal
logic (IL), and they remain its most recognized exponents. The informal logic movement …

Publisher Summary This chapter describes how informal logic emerged as an attempt to
reconfigure one part of logic in the wake of the sorts of critiques. Informal logic appeared first …

Grennan bases his evaluation of arguments on two criteria: logical adequacy and pragmatic
adequacy. He asserts that the common formal logic systems, while logically sound, are not …

Following a brief introduction, Chapter 1 outlines the basic concepts and principles of
informal logic. Chapters 2 and 3 focus on deductive and inductive reasoning (analogical and …

I want to defend informal logic. Unlike the philosophers quoted above, I do not compare it
unfavorably with formal logic. For them the comparison is unfavorable because, by contrast …

Publisher Summary This chapter discusses the informal logic and the concept of argument.
According to its namers, informal logic “is best understood as the normative study of …

A revolutionary, introductory text for courses on modern logic. While the basic rudiments of
formal and informal logical are all clearly described here, it also focuses students on the real …