Practical Argumentation
by George K. Pattee
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About this eBook
- Author
- Pattee, George K. (George Kynett), 1879-1926
- Credits
- Produced by Scott Pfenninger, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- PE: Language and Literatures: English
- Subject
- Debates and debating
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 6473
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/6473
- Release Date
- September 1, 2004
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.PRACTICAL ARGUMENTATION — PRACTICAL ARGUMENTATION — TO FRED LEWIS PATTEE — PRACTICAL ARGUMENTATION — PRACTICAL ARGUMENTATION
- 2.CHAPTER II — PROPOSITIONS OF POLICY. — PROPOSITIONS OF FACT. — EXERCISES
- 3.CHAPTER III — EXERCISES
- 4.CHAPTER IV — DEFINITION. — EXPLANATION. — ISSUES. — PROPOSITIONS OF POLICY. — PROPOSITIONS OF FACT. — TESTS FOR ISSUES. — SHALL GREEK BE TAUGHT IN HIGH SCHOOLS? — DOES COLONIZATION PAY? — PARTITION. — HOW TO INVESTIGATE A SUBJECT. — EXERCISES
- 5.CHAPTER V — GENERAL RULES. — RULES FOR THE INTRODUCTION. — FIRST MODEL. — NEGATIVE BRIEF. — SECOND MODEL. — AFFIRMATIVE BRIEF. — EXERCISES.
- 6.CHAPTER VI — I. EVIDENCE. — A. TESTS OF THE SOURCE OF EVIDENCE. — B. INTERNAL TESTS OF EVIDENCE — ARGUMENT FROM AUTHORITY. — II. REASONING. — 1. ARGUMENT FROM ANTECEDENT PROBABILITY. — 2. ARGUMENT FROM SIGN. — 3. ARGUMENT FROM EXAMPLE. — PERSUASION. — EXERCISES
- 7.CHAPTER VII — THE CONCLUSION. — RULES FOR BRIEF-DRAWING. — RULES FOR THE INTRODUCTION. — RULES FOR THE DISCUSSION. — RULE FOR THE CONCLUSION. — MODEL BRIEF. — AFFIRMATIVE BRIEF. — EXERCISES
- 8.CHAPTER VIII — EVIDENCE. — REASONING. — FALLACIES. — II. AMBIGOUS TERMS. (EQUIVOCATION; CONFUSION OF TERMS.) — III. FALSE CAUSE. — IV. COMPOSITION AND DIVISION. — V. IGNORING THE QUESTION. (IGNORATIO ELENCHI.) — VI. REDUCTIO AD ABSURDUM. (REDUCING TO AN ABSURDITY.) — II. THE DILEMMA. — EXERCISES.
- 9.CHAPTER IX — HOW TO PREPARE FOR DEBATE. — REFUTATION. — WHAT EACH DEBATER MUST DO. — SPECIAL FEATURES OF DEBATE. — DELIVERY. — HOW TO JUDGE A DEBATE.
- 10.CHAPTER X
- 11.APPENDICES. — APPENDIX A — A WRITTEN ARGUMENT AND ITS BRIEF.
- 12.ARGUMENT AND BRIEF — NEGATIVE BRIEF. — DISCUSSION. — CONCLUSION.
- 13.APPENDIX B — A LIST OF PROPOSITIONS.
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