Document Type

Chapter

Publication Title

The Foundations Book

Publication Date

2002

Keywords

reasoning, applied logic, informal logic, argumentation, critical thinking

Abstract

"What's the Reason?" is an informal applied logic textbook in 5 chapters. It includes discussions of the nature of good everyday and academic reasoning, common mistakes in everyday reasoning, and overall informal argument assessment.

Comments

This material was written by Kenton Machina with the assistance of Mark Siderits for The Foundations Book, a textbook made available to instructors at ISU who were teaching a new General Education course for first year students, titled "Foundations of Inquiry".

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