The Philosophy of Argument
by Trudy Govier

Studies in Critical Thinking and Informal Logic No. 3

[Samples] [About the Author]

1. Philosophers are More than a Luxury!
   Politics and Argument under Uncertainty
   
2. Political Speech, Oliver Sacks
   and the Credibility Concern
   
3. When Logic Meets Politics: Testimony, Distrust
   and Rhetorical Disadvantage
   

II. The Nature and Integrity of Argument

4. Feminists, Adversaries, and the Integrity
   of Argument
   
5. What's Wrong with Slippery Slope Arguments?
   
6. The Poverty of Formalism
   

III. Assessing Arguments: Analogical and Conductive

7. What is a Good Argument?
   
8. Rosebuds, Judgment and Critical Thinking
   
9. Euclid's Disease and Desperate Violinists:
   Do Analogies Have Missing Premises?
   
10. Reasoning with Pros and Cons:
    Conductive Arguments Revisited
    

IV. Audience, Dialectics and Controversy

11. When They Can't Talk Back: The Non-Interactive
    Audience and the Theory of Argument
    
12. Becoming Dialectical:
    Two Tiers of Argument Appraisal?
    
13. Progress and Regress on the Dialectical Tier
    
14. The Positive Power of Controversy
    

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