Search Results - "Argumental"

Darfur a new history of a long war by Flint, Julie

“…African arguments…”
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Locke Ontology by Ayers, Michael 1935-

“…The Arguments of the philosophers…”
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Critical thinking by Moore, Brooke Noel, Parker, Richard

Table of Contents: “…Critical thinking basics -- Clear thinking, critical thinking, and clear writing -- Credibility -- Persuasion through rhetoric : common devices and techniques -- More rhetorical devices : psychological and related fallacies -- More fallacies -- The anatomy and varieties of arguments -- Deductive arguments I : categorical logic -- Deductive arguments II : truth-functional logic -- Inductive arguments -- Causal arguments -- Moral, legal, and aesthetic reasoning…”
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Critical thinking a concise guide by Bowell, Trac, Kemp, Gary

Table of Contents: “…-- Logic : deductive validity -- Logic : inductive force -- Rhetorical ploys and fallacies -- The practice of argument reconstruction -- Issues in argument assessment -- Truth, knowledge and belief…”
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Being logical a guide to good thinking by McInerny, Dennis Q

Table of Contents: “…Preparing the mind for logic -- The basic principles of logic -- Argument: the language of logic -- The sources of illogical thinking -- The principal forms of illogical thinking…”
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Exploring Spoken English by Carter, Ronald 1947-, McCarthy, Michael 1947-

Table of Contents: “…Narrative -- Identifying -- Language-in-action -- Comment-elaboration -- Service encounters -- Debate and argument -- Language, learning and interaction -- Decision-making/negotiating outcomes.…”
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The philosopher's toolkit a compendium of philosophical concepts and methods by Baggini, Julian

Table of Contents: “…Basic tools for arguments -- More advanced tools -- Tools for assessment -- Tools for conceptual distinctions -- Tools of historical schools and philosophers -- Tools for radical critique -- Tools at the limit.…”
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YOUR RESEARCH PROJECT designing and planning your work by Walliman, Nicholas

Table of Contents: “…Research and the research problem -- Research theory and the nature of knowledge -- Concepts, language and argument -- Information, and how to deal with it -- Research methods -- Honesty and research ethics -- Preparing the research proposal and startin…”
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Political discourse analysis by Fairclough, Norman 1941-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Political discourse analysis and the nature of politics -- Practical reasoning: a framework for analysis and evaluation -- Critical discourse analysis and analysis of argumentation -- The economic crisis in the UK: strategies and argumen…”
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Seeing differently a history and theory identification and the visual arts by Jones, Amelia

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: the leaking frame of the argument on how to see differently -- Art as a binary proposition: identity as a binary proposition -- Fetishizing the gaze and the anamorphic perversion : "the other is you" -- Multiculturalism, intersectionality,…”
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Researching and writing a dissertation an essential guide for business students by Fisher, C. M Colin M.

Table of Contents: “…Choosing a topic and designing the project -- Writing a critical literature review -- Concepts, conceptual frameworks and theories -- Collecting and analysing research material -- Interpreting the research material -- Framing arguments and writing up --…”
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Dictionary of the history of ideas studies of selected pivotal ideas.

Table of Contents: “…Abstraction in the formulation of concepts, to Design argument.--v. 2. Despotism, to Law, common.--v. 3. …”
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Writing the Research Paper Multicultural Perspectives for Writing in English as a Second Language by McCarthy, Philip M. 1967-, Ahmed, Khawlah

Table of Contents: “…Critical thinking -- The research paper -- Themes and topics -- The thesis -- Focused research -- Paraphrasing, summarizing, quoting, and plagiarizing -- Arguments and evidence -- Plans and proposals -- The drafting process -- The writer's introduction -- The body -- The paragraph -- Cohesion -- The conclusion -- The reader's introduction.…”
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You don't really know me why mothers & daughters fight and how both can win by Apter, T. E

Table of Contents: “…: why teenage girls are insulted by parental concern -- "She can pick an argument out of thin air!" : what lies behind teenage irritability…”
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WRITING for the DESIGN MIND by Ilyin, Natalia

Table of Contents: “…Sitting down to write -- The writer's material -- Words -- Phrase to clause to sentence -- A dash through punctuation -- Thinking in diagrams -- Writing is argument -- Convincing -- Tone and voice -- Academic writing -- Writing long -- How to write to a person in admiration -- Business proposals and reports -- Copywriting -- Writing for social media.…”
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Evidence based design a process for research and writing by Kopec, David Alan

Table of Contents: “…Call for methods-based research -- Importance of citations -- Developing a line of logic -- Formation of a topic and argument -- Review of literature -- Issues in research -- Methods -- Site analysis and case studies -- Surveys, interviews, and observations -- Historical analysis method and photo analysis method -- Experimentation and computer modeling -- The final phase…”
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Philosophy of religion an anthology

Table of Contents: “…The concept of God -- pt. 2. Traditional arguments for the existence of God -- pt. 3. Religious experience -- pt. 4. …”
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End-of-life decisions in medical care principles and policies for regulating the dying process by Smith, Stephen W. 1973-

Table of Contents: “…Machine generated contents note: -- Introduction -- Moral status -- The value of life -- Killing versus letting die and moral responsibility -- Autonomy and paternalism -- Beneficence, non-maleficence and harm -- Dignity -- A comprehensive ethical approach -- Introduction to Part Two -- Protection of patients -- The impact on health care practitioners -- Greater societal issues -- Slippery slope arguments -- Necessary procedural protections -- Conclusions.…”
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An Introduction to Decision Theory by Peterson, Martin 1975-

Table of Contents: “…he decision matrix -- Decisions under ignorance -- Decisions under risk -- Utility -- The mathematics of probability -- The philosophy of probability -- Bayesianism and pragmatic arguments -- Casual vs. evidential decision theory -- Risk aversion -- Game theory I: basic concepts and zero-sum games -- Game theory II: nonzero-sum and cooperative games -- Social choice theory -- Overview of descriptive decision theory.…”
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Engineering Research Methodology A Practical Insight for Researchers by Deb, Dipankar, Dey, Rajeeb, Balas, Valentina Emilia

Table of Contents: “…-- 2 Literature Review and Technical Reading -- 3 Attributions and Citations: Giving Credit Wherever Due -- 4 Building Intellectual Property Rights -- 5 Ethics in Engineering Research -- 6 Technical Writing and Publishing -- 7 Contributions, Arguments, and Dealing with Criticisms -- 8 Research Management, Planning and Collaboration -- 9 Communicating Research Work: Presentation Skills -- 10 Bibliometrics and Research Quality.…”
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