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050	1	4	_aBC 71 _bM478b 2004
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100	1		_aMcInerny, Dennis Q.
245	1	0	_aBeing logical : _ba guide to good thinking / _cD.Q. McInerny.
260			_aNew York : _bRandom House, _c2004.
300			_axvi, 137 p. : _bill. ; _c22 cm.
500			_aIncludes index.
505			_aPreparing 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.
650		0	_aLogic.
650		0	_aReasoning.
650		0	_aThought and thinking.
650		4	_aPrimera Jornada de Catalogación.
650		4	_aLogica.
650		4	_aPensamiento crítico.
650		4	_aRazonamiento.
856	4	2	_3Contributor biographical information _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/bios/random055/2003058779.html
856	4	1	_3Sample text _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/samples/random051/2003058779.html
856	4	2	_3Publisher description _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/random052/2003058779.html
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