Jian dan de luo ji xue
Subtitle: Being logical : a guide to good thinking
By: D. Q. Maikelunni zhu ; Zhao Mingyan yi
Edition: Chu ban
Publisher: Zhejiang Peoples Publishing House
Published: 2013
Language: chi
Number of pages: 156
ISBN-13: 9787213055386
Subjects: Luo ji xue; Thought and thinking; Reasoning; Logic
Work titles: Being logical
Notes: Translation of: Being logical : a guide to good thinking.

Translation of : Being logical : a guide to good thinking / D.Q. McInerny ; New York : Random House, ℗♭2004.

Text in simplified Chinese script.
Table of contents: title: English contents : Preparing the mind for logic; title: The basic principles of logic; title: Argument : the language of logic; title: The sources of illogical thinking; title: The principal forms of illogical thinking.; title: English contents : Part One: Preparing the mind for logic; title: Be attentive; title: Get the facts straight; title: Ideas and the objects of ideas; title: Be mindful of the origins of ideas; title: Match ideas to facts; title: Match words to ideas; title: Effective communication; title: Avoid vague and ambiguous language; title: Avoid evasive language; title: Truth; title: Part Two: The basic principles of logic; title: First principles; title: Real gray areas, manufactured gray areas; title: There's an explanation for everything, eventually; title: Don't stop short in the search for causes; title: Distinguish among causes; title: Define your terms; title: The categorical statement; title: Generalizing; title: Part Three: Argument: the language of logic; title: Founding an argument; title: The move from universal to particular; title: The move from particular to universal; title: Predication; title: Negative statements; title: Making comparisons; title: Comparison and argument; title: Sound argument; title: Conditional argument; title: Syllogistic argument; title: The truth of premises; title: The relevancy of premises; title: Statements of fact, statements of value; title: Argumentative form; title: Conclusions must reflect quanitity of premises; title: Conclusions must reflect quality of premises; title: Inductive argument; title: Assessing argument; title: Constructing an argument; title: Part Four: The sources of illogical thinking; title: Skepticism; title: Evasive agnosticism; title: Cynicism and naive optimism; title: Narrow-mindedness; title: Emotion and argument; title: The reason for reasoning; title: Argumentation is not quarreling; title: The limits of sincerity; title: Common sense; title: Part Five: The principal forms of illogical thinking; title: Denying the antecedent; title: Affirming the consequent; title: The undistributed middle term; title: Equivocation; title: Begging the question; title: False assumptions; title: The straw-man fallacy; title: Using and abusing tradition; title: Two wrongs don't make a right; title: The democratic fallacy; title: Substituting for the force of reason; title: The uses and abuses of expertise; title: The quantifying of quality; title: Consider more than the source; title: Stopping short at analysis; title: Reductionism; title: Misclassification; title: The red herring; title: Laughter as diversionary tactic; title: Tears as diversionary tactic; title: An inability to disprove does not prove; title: The false dilemma; title: Post hoc ergo propter hoc; title: Special pleading; title: The fallacy of expediency; title: Avoiding conclusions; title: Simplistic reasoning; title: Afterword.