Logic: Concise Edition [Paperback]

.Featuring an exceptionally clear writing style and a wealth of real-world examples and exercises,Logic, Concise Fifth Edition (Chapters 1, 3, 4-8), shows how logic relates to everyday life, demonstrating its applications in such areas as the workplace, media and entertainment, politics, science and technology, student life, and elsewhere. The examples and exercises were chosen to be interesting, thought-provoking, and relevant to students.PrefacePart I: Setting the StageChapter 1: What Logic StudiesA. Statements and ArgumentsB. Recognizing ArgumentsExercises 1BC. Arguments and ExplanationsExercises 1CD. Truth and LogicE. Deductive and Inductive ArgumentsExercises 1EF. Deductive Arguments: Validity and SoundnessArgument FormCounterexamplesSummary of Deductive ArgumentsExercises 1FG. Inductive Arguments: Strength and CogencyTechniques of AnalysisThe Role of New InformationSummary of Inductive ArgumentsExercises 1GH. Reconstructing ArgumentsExercises 1HSummaryKey TermsLogic Challenge: The Problem of the HatsChapter 3: Diagramming ArgumentsA. The Basics of Diagramming ArgumentsB. Diagramming Extended ArgumentsExercises 3BSummaryKey TermsLogic Challenge: The Train to VegasChapter 4: Informal FallaciesA. Why Study Fallacies?B. Fallacies Based on Personal Attacks or Emotional AppealsFallacies Based on Personal Attacks1. Ad Hominem Abusive2. Ad Hominem Circumstantial3. Poisoning the Well4. Tu QuoqueFallacies Based on Emotional Appeals5. Appeal to the People6. Appeal to Pity7. Appeal to Fear or ForceSummary of Fallacies Based on Personal AttacksSummary of Fallacies Based on Emotional AppealsExercises 4BC. Weak Inductive Argument FallaciesGeneralization Fallacies8. Rigid Application of a Generalization9. Hasty Generalization10. Composition11. Division12. Biased SampleFalse Cause Fallacies13. Post Hoc14. Slippery SlopeSummary of Weak Inductive Argument FallaciesExercises 4CD. Fallacies of Unwarranted Assumption or Dil&