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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      May 2011
      July 1991
      ISBN:
      9780511571350
      9780521423496
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511571350
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      Dimensions:
      (234 x 156 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.45kg, 336 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Psycholinguistics and Neurolinguistics, Psychology, Cognition, Language and Linguistics
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    The Skills of Argument presents a comprehensive empirical study of informal reasoning as argument, involving subjects across the life span. Subjects ranging in age from adolescence to late adulthood were asked to describe their views on social problems that people have occasion to think and talk about in everyday life, such as crime and unemployment. In addition to providing supporting evidence for their theories, subjects were asked to contemplate alternative theories and counterarguments and to evaluate new evidence on the topics. This is the first major study of informal reasoning across the life span. Highlighting the importance of argumentive reasoning in everyday thought, the book offers a theoretical framework for conceptualizing and studying thinking as argument. The findings address issues of major importance to cognitive and developmental psychologists, as well as educators concerned with improving the quality of people's thinking. The work is also relevant to philosophers, political scientists, and linguists interested in informal reasoning and argumentive discourse.

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    ‘ … highly unique and original contribution to our understanding of the processes that underlie our everyday decisions, beliefs, and theories, and it should serve as a springboard for further inquiry into argumentive thinking.’

    Source: Educational Researcher

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