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Logic and Contemporary Rhetoric: The Use of Reason in Everyday Life

by Howard Kahane · 1971

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This text introduces readers to good reasoning using a wealth of current, relevant, and stimulating examples all put together in Howard Kahane's witty and invigorating writing style. Examples from TV, newspapers, magazines, advertisements, and of course, our political institutions, not only bring the concepts alive for readers, but put them into a context that readers will retain and use throughout their lives.

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philosophyphilosophyMore like thisLess of thiseducationeducationMore like thisLess of thispsychologypsychologyMore like thisLess of this
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writerswritersMore like thisLess of this
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collegecollegeMore like thisLess of this
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adult
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medium · 369 pages

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