Practical Study of Argument

by Trudy Govier

This text provides students with a practical understanding of argument by means of enriched examples while maintaining philosophical soundness. The Fourth Edition of this widely acclaimed text continues to provide an integration of formal and informal logic, and fallacies and arguments in a clearly-presented and theoretically sensible fashion.

Genres: Philosophy, Logic, Nonfiction, Reference, Textbooks

484 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1985

Reviews

[Robert]

This was the textbook for Lud Schlecht's introductory logic class. A fabulous textbook to teach the basics. I hold onto it as a reference.

[Tristan Berrell]

A great book to understand how to create and evaluate arguments, with a lot of information on various fallacies and sophist methods of persuasion.

[Robin]

Unorthodox and unsatisfying. Lays a lot of groundwork but never gets to the bit about how to "do" arguments.

[Champagne Drinking Teetotaler]

I wish this book was not so popular among social scientists. all kinds of atrocities are being committed in the name of being a practical guide. Logic however should be serious subject of study.

[Basim Sahaf]

Good resource to expand your critical thinking skills to filter out the noise in daily life arguments.

[Molly]

basically just thankful this means i’m nearly done with this hell hole of a unit. my lecturer also always dunks on govier and since i blindly trust her, ill agree that govier is kinda dumb.

[Emily]

Ein Stern für Inhalt, einen für Humor.

[Abbey Young]

A nice basic explanation.

[David]

Definitely one of the most readable university course textbooks I've encountered.