The Elements of Reasoning 7th Edition

The Elements of Reasoning : 7th Edition
ISBN: 9781305585935
Publication Date: 16 October 2015

The Elements of Reasoning is a concise and lucid introduction to the basic elements of argumentative prose and the conceptual tools necessary to understand, analyze, criticize, and construct arguments. This text is not only perfect for a college course in argument analysis, but also as a reference tool when confronted with arguments outside the classroom experience. While The Elements of Reasoning covers the standard formal tools of introductory logic, its emphasis is on practical applications to the kinds of arguments students most often encounter.

New to this Edition

• NEW MindTap online course that contains an ebook and a wealth of activities that promote learning outcomes, such as chapter exercises, discussion boards, and videos with real-life examples in every chapter.
• NEW glossary included as a succinct collection of all the important key terms and their definitions.
• NEW revision in Chapter Four of some of the symbols and the form of some of the rules allows users to take advantage of significant online resources for proof construction and checking, and they make the symbolism consistent.

About the Authors

Ronald Munson

Ronald Munson is Professor of Philosophy of Science and Medicine at the University of Missouri-St. Louis and a nationally acclaimed bioethicist. After receiving his Ph.D. from Columbia University, he was a Postdoctoral Fellow in Biology at Harvard University and a Visiting Fellow at the Harvard Medical School. Munson has served as a bioethicist for the National Eye Institute and the National Cancer Institute, as an editor for the AMERICAN JOURANAL OF SURGERY, and as a member of the Washington University Human Studies Committee. Munson's other books include RAISING THE ...