TY  - BOOK
AU  - McInerny,Dennis Q.
TI  - Being logical: a guide to good thinking 
SN  - 1400061717
AV  - BC 71 M478b 2004
U1  - 160 
PY  - 2004///
CY  - New York
PB  - Random House
KW  - Logic
KW  - Reasoning
KW  - Thought and thinking
KW  - Primera Jornada de Catalogación
KW  - Logica
KW  - Pensamiento crítico
KW  - Razonamiento
N1  - Includes index; Preparing the mind for logic --  The basic principles of logic --  Argument : the language of logic --  The sources of illogical thinking --  The principal forms of illogical thinking. Part One: Preparing the mind for logic --  Be attentive --  Get the facts straight --  Ideas and the objects of ideas --  Be mindful of the origins of ideas --  Match ideas to facts --  Match words to ideas --  Effective communication --  Avoid vague and ambiguous language --  Avoid evasive language --  Truth --  Part Two: The basic principles of logic --  First principles --  Real gray areas, manufactured gray areas --  There's an explanation for everything, eventually --  Don't stop short in the search for causes --  Distinguish among causes --  Define your terms --  The categorical statement --  Generalizing --  Part Three: Argument: the language of logic --  Founding an argument --  The move from universal to particular --  The move from particular to universal --  Predication --  Negative statements --  Making comparisons --  Comparison and argument --  Sound argument --  Conditional argument --  Syllogistic argument --  The truth of premises --  The relevancy of premises --  Statements of fact, statements of value --  Argumentative form --  Conclusions must reflect quanitity of premises --  Conclusions must reflect quality of premises --  Inductive argument --  Assessing argument --  Constructing an argument --  Part Four: The sources of illogical thinking --  Skepticism --  Evasive agnosticism --  Cynicism and naive optimism --  Narrow-mindedness --  Emotion and argument --  The reason for reasoning --  Argumentation is not quarreling --  The limits of sincerity --  Common sense --  Part Five: The principal forms of illogical thinking --  Denying the antecedent --  Affirming the consequent --  The undistributed middle term --  Equivocation --  Begging the question --  False assumptions --  The straw-man fallacy --  Using and abusing tradition --  Two wrongs don't make a right --  The democratic fallacy --  Substituting for the force of reason --  The uses and abuses of expertise --  The quantifying of quality --  Consider more than the source --  Stopping short at analysis --  Reductionism --  Misclassification --  The red herring --  Laughter as diversionary tactic --  Tears as diversionary tactic --  An inability to disprove does not prove --  The false dilemma --  Post hoc ergo propter hoc --  Special pleading --  The fallacy of expediency --  Avoiding conclusions --  Simplistic reasoning --  Afterword
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