Overview
Trains to avoid argumentative
Guides how to render debates
enjoyable, instructive and beneficial
Reviews popular disputes, points at their fallacies and suggests how to reconstruct them
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book aims to familiarize readers in a very simple and easy manner the rules and proper procedures of rational debate. It will help reduce the frustration that many experience when engaging in debates. The proper conduct of debate is both fun and mentally stimulating, and we trust that implementing the rules of debate outlined in this book will help you and your friends increase your ability to learn, improve and engage in rational and intellectual debates.
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Joseph Agassi Ph, d. is an Israeli academic who specializes in logic, scientific method, and philosophy. He studied at the London School of Economics. He has taught at Boston University, the University of Illinois, the University of Hong Kong and the London School of Economics. He is currently professor of Philosophy, Tel-Aviv University, and York University Toronto. He is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Royal Society of Canada, and the World Academy of Art and Science.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Beg to Differ
Book Subtitle: The Logic of Disputes and Argumentation
Authors: Joseph Agassi, Abraham Meidan
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-33307-6
Publisher: Copernicus Cham
eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-33306-9Published: 24 June 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-33307-6Published: 16 June 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 138
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Cultural and Media Studies, general, Media and Communication, Cultural Theory, Consulting, Supervision and Coaching, Cultural Studies