Think Again

SINNOTT-ARMSTRONG (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

256 Seiten

2018
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-062712-6 (ISBN)

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Our personal and political worlds are rife with arguments and disagreements, some of them petty and vitriolic. The inability to compromise and understand the opposition is epidemic today, from countries refusing to negotiate, to politicians pandering to their base. Social media has produced a virulent world where extreme positions dominate. There is much demonization of the other side, very little progress is made, and the end result is further widening of
positions. How did this happen, and what might be done to address it? Walter Sinnott-Armstrong says there is such a thing as a "good" argument: Reasonable arguments can create more mutual understanding and
respect, and even if neither party is convinced by the other, compromise is still possible.Think Again shows the importance of good arguments and reveals common misunderstandings. Rather than a means to persuade other people or beat them in an intellectual competition, Sinnott-Armstrong sees arguments as an essential tool for constructive interaction with others. After showing how the failure of good arguments has led us to society's current woes, he shows readers
what makes a good argument. In clear, lively, and practical prose, and with plentiful examples from politics, popular culture, and everyday life, Sinnott-Armstrong explains what defines
an argument, identifies the components of good arguments as well as fallacies to avoid, and demonstrates what good arguments can accomplish. Armed with these tools, readers will be able to spot bad reasoning and bad arguments, and to advance their own views in a forceful yet logical way. These skills could even help repair our tattered civic culture.

Walter Sinnott-Armstrong is Chauncey Stillman Professor of Practical Ethics in the Department of Philosophy and the Kenan Institute for Ethics, Duke University. He is co-instructor of the Coursera online course "Think Again."

Preface: Why I Wrote This Book

Part I: Why to Argue

Intermission: From Why to How

Part II: How to Argue

Part III: How Not to Argue

Conclusion: Rules to Follow

Erscheinungsdatum	10.07.2018
Zusatzinfo	Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Erkenntnistheorie / Wissenschaftstheorie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Logik
ISBN-10	0-19-062712-3 / 0190627123
ISBN-13	978-0-19-062712-6 / 9780190627126
Zustand	Neuware