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Commitment in Dialogue(Updated)
Basic Concepts of Interpersonal Reasoning (SUNY Se (Suny Series in Logic and Language)
by Douglas N. Walton, Erick C. Krabbe, Mr Douglas Walton
Paperback, 235 Pages, Published 1995 by Suny Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-7914-2586-2, ISBN: 0-7914-2586-X

"Develops a logical analysis of dialogue in which two or more parties attempt to advance their own interests. It includes a classification of the major types of dialogues and a discussion of several important informal fallacies.This book develops a logical analysis of dialogue in which two or more parties attempt to advance their own interests. It includes a classification of the major types of dialogues and a discussion of several impo ..."

Appeal to Pity(1st Edition)
Argumentum Ad Misericordiam (SUNY Series in Logic (Suny Series in Logic and Language) (Suny Series, Logic & Language)
by Douglas N. Walton, Mr Douglas Walton
Paperback, 225 Pages, Published 1997 by Suny Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-7914-3462-8, ISBN: 0-7914-3462-1

"Appeal to pity has frequently been exploited with amazing success as a deceptive tactic of argumentation, so much so that it has traditionally been treated as a fallacy. Using a case study method, the author examines examples of appeals to pity and compassion in real arguments in order to classify, analyze, and evaluate the types of arguments used in these appeals. Among the cases studied are the controversial use of "poster kids" in th ..."

Informal Logic(1st Edition)
A Handbook for Critical Argumentation
by Douglas N. Walton, David N. Walton, Alexander Sesonske
Paperback, 310 Pages, Published 1989 by Cambridge University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-521-37925-0, ISBN: 0-521-37925-3

"This is an introductory guidebook to the basic principles of how to construct good arguments and how to criticeze bad ones. It is non-technical in its approach and is based on 150 key examples, each discussed and evaluated in clear, illustrative detail. Professor Walton, a leading authority in the field of informal logic, explains how errors, fallacies, and other key failures of argument occur. He shows how correct uses of argument are ..."

Argumentation Schemes for Presumptive Reasoning(1st Edition)
(Studies in Argumentation Theory)
by Douglas N. Walton, Mr Douglas Walton
Paperback, 232 Pages, Published 1995 by Routledge
ISBN-13: 978-0-8058-2072-0, ISBN: 0-8058-2072-8

"Recent concerns with the evaluation of argumentation in informal logic and speech communication center around nondemonstrative arguments that lead to tentative or defeasible conclusions based on a balance of considerations. Such arguments do not appear to have structures of the kind traditionally identified with deductive and inductive reasoning, but are extremely common and are often called "plausible" or "presumptive," meaning that th ..."

Informal Fallacies
(Pragmatics & Beyond Companion Series)
by Douglas N. Walton, Dr. Douglas Walton
Hardcover, 346 Pages, Published 1987 by John Benjamins Publishing Company
ISBN-13: 978-1-55619-010-0, ISBN: 1-55619-010-7

"The basic question of this monograph is: how should we go about judging arguments to be reasonable or unreasonable? Our concern will be with argument in a broad sense, with realistic arguments in natural language. The basic object will be to engage in a normative study of determining what factors, standards, or procedures should be adopted or appealed to in evaluating an argument as “good,” “not-so-good,” “open to criticism,” “fallaciou ..."

Question-Reply Argumentation
(Contributions in Philosophy)
by Douglas N. Walton
Hardcover, 424 Pages, Published 1989 by Praeger
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-26789-5, ISBN: 0-313-26789-8

"Walton's book is a study of several fallacies in informal logic. Focusing on question-answer dialogues, and committed to a pragmatic rather than a semantic approach, he attempts to generate criteria for evaluating good and bad questions and answers. The book contains a discussion of such well-recognized fallacies as many questions, black-or-white questions, loaded questions, circular arguments, question-begging assertions and epithets, ..."

Argument Structure
A Pragmatic Theory (Toronto Studies in Philosophy)
by Douglas N. Walton, Mr Douglas Walton
Paperback, 304 Pages, Published 1996 by Univ Of Toronto Pr
ISBN-13: 978-0-8020-7137-8, ISBN: 0-8020-7137-6

Begging the Question(1st Edition)
Circular Reasoning as a Tactic of Argumentation (Contributions in Philosophy)
by Douglas N. Walton
Hardcover, 360 Pages, Published 1991 by Praeger
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-27596-8, ISBN: 0-313-27596-3

"This book offers a new theory of begging the question as an informal fallacy, within a pragmatic framework of reasoned dialogue as a normative theory of critical argumentation. The fallacy of begging the question is analyzed as a systematic tactic to evade fulfillment of a legitimate burden of proof by the proponent of an argument. The technique uses a circular structure of argument to block the further progress of dialogue and, in part ..."

Media Argumentation(1st Edition)
Dialectic, Persuasion and Rhetoric
by Douglas N. Walton, Author: Douglas Walton
Paperback, 404 Pages, Published 2007 by Cambridge University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-521-70030-6, ISBN: 0-521-70030-2

"Media argumentation is a powerful force in our lives. From political speeches to television commercials to war propaganda, it can effectively mobilize political action, influence the public, and market products. This book presents a new and systematic way of thinking about the influence of mass media in our lives, showing the intersection of media sources with argumentation theory, informal logic, computational theory, and theories of ..."

Plausible Argument in Everyday Conversation
(SUNY Series in Speech Communication)
by Douglas N. Walton
Paperback, 342 Pages, Published 1992 by State University Of New York Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-7914-1158-2, ISBN: 0-7914-1158-3

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Ethics of Withdrawal of Life-Support Systems(Updated)
Case Studies in Decision Making in Intensive Care
by Douglas N. Walton
Paperback, 272 Pages, Published 1987 by Praeger
ISBN-13: 978-0-275-92710-3, ISBN: 0-275-92710-5

"A well-organized, thoughtful, and logical discussion of a difficult ethical issue frequently encountered by clinicians. Journal of the American Medical Association Walton has made a successful attempt to write about medical concerns without ever leaving the layperson to flounder in confusion. Probate Law JournalIn recent years the question of when to terminate life-extending medical tre ..."

Courage
A Philosophical Investigation
by Douglas N. Walton
Hardcover, 241 Pages, Published 1986 by Univ Of California Pr
ISBN-13: 978-0-520-05443-1, ISBN: 0-520-05443-1

"Gordon L. Bastian, a Canadian serving in the British Merchant Navy, was on watch in the engine room when his ship was torpedoed five hundred miles off Brest, March 30, 1943. The engine room became dark and water poured in, but Bastian remembered that two firemen were still in the stokehold, behind a watertight door adjoining the engine room. In opening this door, there was "grave risk of disastrous flooding" (Swettenham 1973:211). ..."

Arguer's Position
A Pragmatic Study of Ad Hominem Attack, Criticism, Refutation, and Fallacy (Contributions in Philosophy)
by Douglas N. Walton
Hardcover, 301 Pages, Published 1985 by Praeger
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-24439-1, ISBN: 0-313-24439-1

"Douglas N. Walton considers the question of whether the conventions of informal conversation can be articulated more precisely than they are at present. Specifically, he addresses the problem of the fallacy of ad hominem argumentation as it occurs in natural settings. Can rules be formulated to determine if criticisms of apparent hypocrisy in an argument are defensible or refutable? Walton suggests that they can, and ultimately defends ..."

Contributions in Philosophy Ser.(Reprint)
Ethics of Withdrawal of Life-Support Systems : Case Studies on Decision Making in Intensive Care Vol. 23
by Douglas N. Walton
Hardcover, 276 Pages, Published 1983 by Praeger
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-23752-2, ISBN: 0-313-23752-2

One-Sided Arguments
A Dialectical Analysis of Bias (Suny Series in Logic and Language)
by Douglas N. Walton, Mr Douglas Walton
Paperback, 295 Pages, Published 1999 by State Univ Of New York Pr
ISBN-13: 978-0-7914-4268-5, ISBN: 0-7914-4268-3

"We often feel that an argument should be doubted or held as suspicious because it has a bias. But bias isn t always wrong. It is a normal phenomenon in advocacy argumentation, and in many cases it is to be expected. Yet sometimes bias can be quite harmful in argumentation. In this book, bias is defined as one-sided advocacy of a point of view in argumentation. It is shown to be harmful, or properly subject to critical condemnation, only ..."

Informal Logic-a Handbook for Critical Argumentation. Cup. 1989
by Douglas N. Walton
Hardcover, 302 Pages, Published 1989 by Cambridge University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-521-37032-5, ISBN: 0-521-37032-9

Physician-Patient Decision-Making
A Study in Medical Ethics (Contributions in Afro-American & African Studies)
by Douglas N. Walton
Hardcover, 265 Pages, Published 1985 by Greenwood Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-24888-7, ISBN: 0-313-24888-5

"Walton offers a comprehensive, flexible model for physician-patient decision making, the first such tool designed to be applied at the level of each particular case. Based on Aristotelian "practical reasoning," it develops a method of reasonable dialogue, a question- and-answer process of interaction leading to informed consent on the part of the patient, and to a decision--mutually arrived at--reflecting both high medical standards and ..."

Brain Death
Ethical Considerations (SCIENCE AND SOCIETY (WEST LAFAYETTE, IND))
by Douglas N. Walton
Paperback, 95 Pages, Published 1980 by Purdue University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-931682-12-4, ISBN: 0-931682-12-6

"The traditional equation of the death of a person with irreversible cessation of cardio respiratory function -- the absence of heartbeat, pulse, or respiration -- is being replaced by modern medicine with a definition of death in terms of irreversible destruction of function-brain death. In this book, the author thoughtfully and analytically surveys and evaluates the arguments for and against equating the death of a person with brain de ..."

Informal Logic(2nd Edition)
A Pragmatic Approach
by Douglas N. Walton
Paperback, 331 Pages, Published 2009 by Cambridge University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-521-71380-1, ISBN: 0-521-71380-3

"Informal Logic is an introductory guidebook to the basic principles of constructing sound arguments and criticizing bad ones. Non-technical in approach, it is based on 186 examples, which Douglas Walton, a leading authority in the field of informal logic, discusses and evaluates in clear, illustrative detail. Walton explains how errors, fallacies, and other key failures of argument occur. He shows how correct uses of argument are based ..."

A Pragmatic Theory of Fallacy
(Studies in Rhetoric and Communication)
by Douglas N. Walton
Hardcover, 324 Pages, Published 1995 by Univ Of Alabama Pr
ISBN-13: 978-0-8173-0798-1, ISBN: 0-8173-0798-2

"Walton (philosophy, U. of Winnipeg) uses case studies illustrating familiar arguments and tricky deceptions in everyday conversation where the charge of fallaciousness is at issue. The numerous case studies show many practical aspects of how to use textual evidence to identify and analyze fallacies and to evaluate arguments as fallacious. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or."

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