For Argument's Sake
Author: Katherine J. Mayberry
Publisher: Addison-Wesley Longman
Published: 1989-11
Total Pages: 218
ISBN-13: 9780673398260
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Katherine J. Mayberry
Publisher: Addison-Wesley Longman
Published: 1989-11
Total Pages: 218
ISBN-13: 9780673398260
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Christopher Hitchens
Publisher: Verso
Published: 1993
Total Pages: 380
ISBN-13: 9780860914358
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →'For the sake of argument, one must never let a euphemism or a false consolation pass uncontested. The truth seldom lies, but when it does lie it lies somewhere in between.'. The global turmoil of the last few years has severely tested every analyst and commentator. Few have written with such insight as Christopher Hitchens about the large events - or with such discernment and with about the small tell-tale signs of a disordered culture. For the Sake of Argument ranges from the political squalor of Washington, as a beleaguered Bush administration seeks desperately to stave off disaster and Clinton prepares for power, to the twilight of Stalinism in Prague; from the Jewish quarter of Damascus in the aftermath of the Gulf War to the embattled barrios of Central America and the imperishable resistance of Saralevo, as a difficult peace is negotiated with ruthless foes. Hitchens' unsparing account of Western realpolitik in the end shows it to rest on delusion as well as deception. The reader will find in these pages outstanding essays on political asassination in America as well as a scathing review of the evisceration of politics by pollsters and spin-doctors. Hitchens' knowledge of the tortuous history of revolutions in the twentieth century helps him to explain both the New York intelligentsia's flirtation with Trotskyism and the frailty of Communist power structures in Eastern Europe. Hitchens' pointed reassessments of Graham Greene, P.G. Wodehouse and C.L.R. James, or his riotous celebration of drinkiny and smoking, display an engaging enthusiasm and an acerbic wit. Equally entertaining is his unsparing rogues' gallery, which gives us unforgettable portraits of the lugubrious 'Dr'Kissinger, the comprehensively reactionary 'Mother' Teresa, the preposterous Paul Johnson and the predictable P.J. O'Rourke.
Author: Eugene Garver
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2004-05
Total Pages: 294
ISBN-13: 9780226283968
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →What role does reason play in our lives? What role should it play? And are claims to rationality liberating or oppressive? For the Sake of Argument addresses questions such as these to consider the relationship between thought and character. Eugene Garver brings Aristotle's Rhetoric to bear on practical reasoning to show how the value of such thinking emerges when members of communities deliberate together, persuade each other, and are persuaded by each other. That is to say, when they argue. Garver roots deliberation and persuasion in political friendship instead of a neutral, impersonal framework of justice. Through incisive readings of examples in modern legal and political history, from Brown v. Board of Education to the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission, he demonstrates how acts of deliberation and persuasion foster friendship among individuals, leading to common action amid diversity. In an Aristotelian sense, there is a place for pathos and ethos in rational thought. Passion and character have as pivotal a role in practical reasoning as logic and language.
Author: Robbie Gringras
Publisher:
Published: 2022-03-24
Total Pages: 0
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →24 very short stories to read out loud, designed to provoke a healthy argument about Israel and the world.
Author: Addison-Wesley Educational Publishers, Incorporated
Publisher:
Published: 1995-09
Total Pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780673543523
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Isaac Levi
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1996-01-26
Total Pages: 380
ISBN-13: 9780521497138
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Suppositions made "for the sake of the argument" sometimes conflict with our beliefs, and when they do, some beliefs are rejected and others retained. Thanks to such hypothetical belief contravention, adding content to a supposition can undermine conclusions reached without it. Subversion can also arise because suppositional reasoning is ampliative. These two types of nonmonotonicity are the focus of this book.
Author: Katherine Mayberry
Publisher: Turtleback Books
Published: 2007-01-01
Total Pages:
ISBN-13: 9781417778263
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This concise rhetoric features practical advice for writing the four most common types of argument: factual, causal, evaluation, and recommendation. Structured around three main phases of writing -- focusing, supporting, and reviewing--For Argument's Sake, Fifth Edition, helps students find and focus a claim, gather and organize supporting information, and refine and polish their argument. Numerous sample arguments, including several pieces written by students, illustrate principles and strategies for strong, compelling writing.
Author: Jonathan Sacks
Publisher: Jason Aronson Incorporated
Published: 1995-06-01
Total Pages: 274
ISBN-13: 9781568215167
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Jonathan Sacks, the Chief Rabbi of Great Britain, explores contemporary issues that are creating rifts among the various sects of the Jewish world.
Author: Tom Stafford
Publisher:
Published: 2015
Total Pages:
ISBN-13: 9781310801877
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Daniel Cohen
Publisher: Dodd Mead
Published: 1975
Total Pages: 264
ISBN-13:
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