Hidden Arguments

Author : Sylvia Noble Tesh
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0813513154

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Hidden Arguments by Sylvia Noble Tesh Pdf

In this provocative book, Sylvia Tesh shows how "politics masquerades as science" in the debates over the causes and prevention of disease. Tesh argues that ideas about the causes of disease which dominate policy at any given time or place are rarely determined by scientific criteria alone. In a final chapter, Tesh urges scientists to incorporate egalitarian values into their search for the truth, rather than pretending science can be divorced from that political ideology.

Author : Richard A. Jr. Holland,Benjamin K. Forrest
Publisher : Baker Academic
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2017-08-22
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781493410897

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Good Arguments by Richard A. Jr. Holland,Benjamin K. Forrest Pdf

This brief introduction to making effective arguments helps readers to understand the basics of sound reasoning and to learn how to use it to persuade others. Practical, inexpensive, and easy-to-read, the book enables students in a wide variety of courses to improve the clarity of their writing and public speaking. It equips readers to formulate firmly grounded, clearly articulated, and logically arranged arguments, avoid fallacious thinking, and discover how to reason well. This supplemental text is especially suitable for use in Christian colleges and seminaries and includes classroom discussion questions.

Author : Frederick Suppe
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 854 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0252006348

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The Structure of Scientific Theories by Frederick Suppe Pdf

''A clear and comprehensive introduction to contemporary philosophy of science.'' -- American Scientist ''The best account of scientific theory now available, one that surely commends itself to every philosopher of science with the slightest interest in metaphysics.'' -- Review of Mathematics ''It should certainly be of interest to those teaching graduate courses in philosophy of science and to scientists wishing to gain a further appreciation of the approach used by philosophers of science.'' -- Science Activities

Author : Robert Granfield,Craig Reinarman
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 641 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2014-12-09
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781135015978

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Expanding Addiction: Critical Essays by Robert Granfield,Craig Reinarman Pdf

The study of addiction is dominated by a narrow disease ideology that leads to biological reductionism. In this short volume, editors Granfield and Reinarman make clear the importance of a more balanced contextual approach to addiction by bringing to light critical perspectives that expose the historical and cultural interstices in which the disease concept of addiction is constructed and deployed. The readings selected for this anthology include both classic foundational pieces and cutting-edge contemporary works that constitute critical addiction studies. This book is a welcome addition to drugs or addiction courses in sociology, criminal justice, mental health, clinical psychology, social work, and counseling.

Author : Stella Cottrell
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2023-03-23
Category : Study Aids
ISBN : 9781350322592

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Critical Thinking Skills by Stella Cottrell Pdf

The ability to demonstrate critical thinking is essential for students who seek to achieve good grades at university but it typically creates a lot of confusion and anxiety. Critical Thinking Skills provides an easy to follow, step by step guide to developing analytical reasoning skills and applying them to tasks such as reading, note-making and writing. A complex subject is broken down into easy to understand blocks, with clear explanations, good examples, and plenty of activities to develop understanding at each stage. Students can use this book to: · Critically assess other people's arguments · Recognise flawed reasoning · Evaluate the material used to support arguments · Apply critical thinking when reading, writing and making notes · Write excellent essays and reports The 4th edition features a new section on argument mapping techniques, which help readers to visualize the structures of an argument. It also contains new and updated examples that link to current affairs, showing the importance of critical thinking as a lifelong skill. Written by internationally renowned author Stella Cottrell, this is an essential resource for students looking to refine their thinking, reading and writing skills.

Author : Douglas Walton
Publisher : University of Alabama Press
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1998-09
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0817309225

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Ad Hominem Arguments by Douglas Walton Pdf

Douglas Walton presents a clear account of the structure of the ad hominem argument and how that structure can be used to evaluate specific cases of this type of argumentation as fallacious or not.

Author : Drew Hinderer
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2005-01-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781725213166

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Building Arguments by Drew Hinderer Pdf

'Building Arguments' offers a fresh new approach to informal logic - successfully combining an accessible style with a rigorous, systematic treatment of argument: -It integrates reasoning and writing, teaching readers to argue effectively and communicate ideas in persuasive prose. -It combines fundamental topics of critical thinking into broader discussions of reasoning. So where other books may treat fallacy identification and avoidance, induction and deduction, and validity and soundness as ends in themselves, 'Building Arguments' presents these topics in a practical yet philosophically sound context. -It includes entertaining and relevant examples and exercises drawn from sports, popular advertising, current events, and many academic areas. -'Building Arguments' is unique in its emphasis on helping readers to develop their own persuasive arguments as well as to evaluate arguments from other sources. Using a writing level and organization guided by the principles of reading development, the author introduces material gradually - moving from a very accessible level to a more rigorous one. The result? A book unique in its ability to foster philosophically-based argument analysis while promoting reasoning and writing skills across the curriculum.

Author : Eric J. Reuland
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2000-09-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027299215

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Arguments and Case by Eric J. Reuland Pdf

The ideas presented by the contributions in this volume originated in a workshop on Burzio’s generalization. Burzio’s Generalization (BG) states that a verb which does not assign an external theta-role to its subject does not assign structural accusative Case to an object and conversely. It connects cross-linguistic similarities between e.g. passives, raising verbs, and unaccusatives. However, it does so by linking very different properties of a predicate. This raises fundamental questions about its theoretical status. The contributions in this volume explore BG’s theoretical basis. A consensus emerges that BG is, in fact, an epiphenomenon, due to the interaction of different principles of grammar. Moreover, the contributions show a striking convergence as to how BG is ultimately derived. The results obtained make a significant contribution to the further development of theories of Case and thematic relations.

Author : P. Bieri,Lorenz Krüger,R.-P. Horstmann
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789400994102

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Transcendental Arguments and Science by P. Bieri,Lorenz Krüger,R.-P. Horstmann Pdf

The goal of the present volume is to discuss the notion of a 'conceptual framework' or 'conceptual scheme', which has been dominating much work in the analysis and justification of knowledge in recent years. More specifi cally, this volume is designed to clarify the contrast between two competing approaches in the area of problems indicated by this notion: On the one hand, we have the conviction, underlying much present-day work in the philosophy of science, that the best we can hope for in the justifi cation of empirical knowledge is to reconstruct the conceptual means actually employed by science, and to develop suitable models for analyzing conceptual change involved in the progress of science. This view involves the assumption that we should stop taking foundational questions of epistemology seriously and discard once and for all the quest for uncontrovertible truth. The result ing program of justifying epistemic claims by subsequently describing patterns of inferentially connected concepts as they are at work in actual science is closely connected with the idea of naturalizing epistemology, with concep tual relativism, and with a pragmatic interpretation of knowledge. On the other hand, recent epistemology tends to claim that no subsequent reconstruction of actually employed conceptual frameworks is sufficient for providing epistemic justification for our beliefs about the world. This second claim tries to resist the naturalistic and pragmatic approach to epistemology and insists on taking the epistemological sceptic seriously.

Author : Jerome E. Bickenbach,Jacqueline M. Davies
Publisher : Broadview Press
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1996-09-19
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1551110598

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Good Reasons for Better Arguments by Jerome E. Bickenbach,Jacqueline M. Davies Pdf

This text introduces university students to the philosophical ethos of critical thinking, as well as to the essential skills required to practice it. The authors believe that Critical Thinking should engage students with issues of broader philosophical interest while they develop their skills in reasoning and argumentation. The text is informed throughout by philosophical theory concerning argument and communication—from Aristotle’s recognition of the importance of evaluating argument in terms of its purpose to Habermas’s developing of the concept of communicative rationality. The authors’ treatment of the topic is also sensitive to the importance of language and of situation in shaping arguments, and to the necessity in argument of some interplay between reason and emotion. Unlike many other texts in this area, then, Good Reasons for Better Arguments helps to explain both why argument is important and how the social role of argument plays an important part in determining what counts as a good argument. If this text is distinctive in the extent to which it deals with the theory and the values of critical thinking, it is also noteworthy for the thorough grounding it provides in the skills of deductive and inductive reasoning; the authors present the reader with useful tools for the interpretation, evaluation and construction of arguments. A particular feature is the inclusion of a wide range of exercises, rich with examples that illuminate the practice of argument for the student. Many of the exercises are self testing, with answers provided at the back of the text; others are appropriate for in-class discussion and assignments. Challenging yet accessible, Good Reasons for Better Arguments brings a fresh perspective to an essential subject.

Author : Disha Experts
Publisher : Disha Publications
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2020-02-04
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789389645743

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Comprehensive Guide to SBI Bank PO Preliminary & Main Exam with 5 Online Tests (9th Edition) by Disha Experts Pdf

Author : Blessed John Henry Newman,Aeterna Press
Publisher : Aeterna Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2015-11-09
Category : Religion
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Discussions and Arguments by Blessed John Henry Newman,Aeterna Press Pdf

WHEN I was at Rome, I fell in with an English acquaintance, whom I had met occasionally in his own county, and when he was on a visit at my own University. I had always felt him a pleasant, as rather engaging companion, and his talent no one could question; but his opinions on a variety of political and ecclesiastical subjects were either very unsettled or at least very uncommon. Aeterna Press

Author : Daniel J. Solove
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2011-05-31
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780300177251

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Nothing to Hide by Daniel J. Solove Pdf

"If you've got nothing to hide," many people say, "you shouldn't worry about government surveillance." Others argue that we must sacrifice privacy for security. But as Daniel J. Solove argues in this important book, these arguments and many others are flawed. They are based on mistaken views about what it means to protect privacy and the costs and benefits of doing so. The debate between privacy and security has been framed incorrectly as a zero-sum game in which we are forced to choose between one value and the other. Why can't we have both? In this concise and accessible book, Solove exposes the fallacies of many pro-security arguments that have skewed law and policy to favor security at the expense of privacy. Protecting privacy isn't fatal to security measures; it merely involves adequate oversight and regulation. Solove traces the history of the privacy-security debate from the Revolution to the present day. He explains how the law protects privacy and examines concerns with new technologies. He then points out the failings of our current system and offers specific remedies. Nothing to Hide makes a powerful and compelling case for reaching a better balance between privacy and security and reveals why doing so is essential to protect our freedom and democracy"--Jacket.

Author : John Henry Newman
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2023-06-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783382808891

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Discussions and Arguments on Various Subjects by John Henry Newman Pdf

Reprint of the original, first published in 1872. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.

Author : Jerry Walls,Trent Dougherty
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2018-08-07
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780190842239

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Two Dozen (or so) Arguments for God by Jerry Walls,Trent Dougherty Pdf

Thirty years ago, Alvin Plantinga gave a lecture called "Two Dozen (or so) Theistic Arguments," which served as an underground inspiration for two generations of scholars and students. In it, he proposed a number of novel and creative arguments for the existence of God which have yet to receive the attention they deserve. In Two Dozen (or so) Arguments for God, each of Plantinga's original suggestions, many of which he only briefly sketched, is developed in detail by a wide variety of accomplished scholars. The authors look to metaphysics, epistemology, semantics, ethics, aesthetics, and beyond, finding evidence for God in almost every dimension of reality. Those arguments new to natural theology are more fully developed, and well-known arguments are given new life. Not only does this collection present ground-breaking research, but it lays the foundations for research projects for years to come.