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Beg to Differ

The Logic of Disputes and Argumentation

  • 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)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
  2. On the Frustration That Debates Cause

    • Joseph Agassi, Abraham Meidan
    Pages 1-14
  3. Resolving a Dispute

    • Joseph Agassi, Abraham Meidan
    Pages 15-26
  4. Improving the Wording of the Questions Under Dispute

    • Joseph Agassi, Abraham Meidan
    Pages 27-40
  5. The Burden of Proof

    • Joseph Agassi, Abraham Meidan
    Pages 41-44
  6. Disputes About General Facts and Theories

    • Joseph Agassi, Abraham Meidan
    Pages 45-58
  7. Disputes About Statistical Generalizations

    • Joseph Agassi, Abraham Meidan
    Pages 59-67
  8. Metaphysical Disputes

    • Joseph Agassi, Abraham Meidan
    Pages 69-82
  9. Disputes About History and Predictions

    • Joseph Agassi, Abraham Meidan
    Pages 83-92
  10. Disputes About Technology, Including Medicine

    • Joseph Agassi, Abraham Meidan
    Pages 93-100
  11. Disputes About Ethics and Politics

    • Joseph Agassi, Abraham Meidan
    Pages 101-116
  12. Disputes About Aesthetics

    • Joseph Agassi, Abraham Meidan
    Pages 117-121
  13. Conclusion

    • Joseph Agassi, Abraham Meidan
    Pages 123-126
  14. Back Matter

    Pages 127-138

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

  • Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel

    Joseph Agassi

  • WizSoft, Tel-Aviv Yafo, Israel

    Abraham Meidan

About the authors

Dr. Abraham Meidan,Ph.d., is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Hashavshevet Ltd. and at WizSoft Inc. In addition to the this role, Dr. Meidan serves as the Chairman of Targetech Innovation Center. Dr. Meidan also serves as the Chairman of Afeka, Tel-Aviv Academic College of Engineering and a Director of the Tel-Aviv Technological College. As well as this he was formerly the Director of Optiway Ltd. Prior to founding his software companies, Dr. Meidan served as a Lecturer at the Tel Aviv University. Dr. Meidan holds a Ph.D. from the Tel Aviv University and is an expert in logic.

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.


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eBook USD 19.99
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Softcover Book USD 29.99
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