Art of Reasoning : Readings for Logical Analysis,9780393972146

Art of Reasoning : Readings for Logical Analysis

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Edition: 2nd
ISBN13: 9780393972146
ISBN10: 0393972143
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1997-12-17
Publisher(s): W. W. Norton & Company
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Summary

This collection of forty-four readings enables students to hone theirreasoning skills by engaging fully developed arguments from across thedisciplines. Selections are organized around ten broad themes,including education, science, abortion, the causes of crimes, and theexistence of God. An alternative table of contents classifiesselections by logical genre and the use of techniques such asgeneralization, analogy, statistical reasoning, and explanation. Studyquestions at the end of each reading help to focus student analysis.

Table of Contents

Preface xiii
PART ONE ON TORTURE AND MURDER 1(40)
MICHAEL LEVIN
The Case for Torture
1(4)
CESARE BONESANA
Torture
5(3)
VINCENT BUGLIOSI
O.J. Simpson Was Guilty
8(5)
JOHNNIE COCHRAN
O.J. Simpson Was Not Guilty
13(10)
JOHN HENRY WIGMORE
The Borden Case
23(18)
PART TWO ON THE CAUSES OF CRIME 41(38)
SIGMUND FREUD
Human Nature Is Inherently Bad
41(3)
MICHAEL HARRINGTON
Defining Poverty
44(3)
DAVID RUBINSTEIN
Don't Blame Crime on Joblessness
47(4)
DON B. KATES, JR.
Handgun Bans: Facts to Fight With
51(10)
JOHN HENRY SLOAN, ET AL
Handgun Regulations, Crime, Assaults, and Homicide: A Tale of Two Cities
61(18)
PART THREE ON THE DEATH PENALTY 79(32)
SISSEL SETERAS STOKES
Capital Punishment Is Immoral
79(2)
H. L. MENCKEN
The Penalty of Death
81(4)
JUSTICE WILLIAM BRENNAN
Furman v. Georgia
[Capital Punishment Is Unconstitutional]
85(14)
JUSTICE POTTER STEWART
Gregg v. Georgia
99(12)
PART FOUR ON THE ARTS 111(32)
JOHN ENRIGHT
What Is Poetry?
111(3)
JESSE HELMS
Amendment 420 [The NEA Should Not Fund Obscenity]
114(7)
ROBERT HUGHES
A Loony Parody of Cultural Democracy
121(4)
ROBERT SAMUELSON
Highbrow Pork Barrel
125(4)
STEVEN DURLAND
Censorship, Multiculturalism, and Symbols
129(4)
MARSHA FAMILIARO ENRIGHT
Why Does Music Cause Emotion?
133(10)
PART FIVE ON SCIENCE 143(28)
STEPHEN JAY GOULD
Sex, Drugs, Disasters, and the Extinction of Dinosaurs
143(10)
MURDOCK PENCIL
Salt Passage Research: The State of the Art
153(8)
CARL HEMPEL
Semmelweis and Childbed Fever
161(4)
CHARLES DARWIN
On Evolution
165(6)
PART SIX ON EDUCATION 171(38)
JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAU
Children Should Not Be Reasoned With
171(3)
SHEILA TOBIAS
Mathematics and Sex
174(11)
CAROLINE BIRD
College Is a Waste of Time and Money
185(12)
MAX SHULMAN
Love Is a Fallacy
197(12)
PART SEVEN ON JUSTICE AND RIGHTS 209(24)
NICCOLO MACHIAVELLI
On Cruelty and Clemency: Whether It Is Better to Be Loved or Feared
209(4)
THOMAS JEFFERSON
The Declaration of Independence
213(5)
HOSEA L. MARTIN
A Few Kind Words for Affirmative Action
218(4)
LISA H. NEWTON
Bakke and Davis: Justice, American Style
222(3)
ALAN M. DERSHOWITZ
Shouting "Fire!"
225(8)
PART EIGHT ON ECONOMIC FREEDOM AND GOVERNMENT REGULATION 233(42)
JUSTICE LOUIS BRANDEIS
New State Ice Co. v. Liebmann [The Government May Prohibit Competition]
233(17)
HENRY HAZLITT
Who's "Protected" by Tariffs?
250(3)
LINDA GORMAN
Minimum Wages
253(7)
ISAAC SHAPIRO
The Dispute over the Minimum Wage
260(6)
LIBERTY NETWORK ASSOCIATION
The New World Order
266(9)
PART NINE ON ABORTION 275(34)
RONALD REAGAN
Abortion and the Conscience of the Nation
275(11)
BARUCH BRODY
Fetal Humanity and Brain Function
286(6)
LAURENCE H. TRIBE
Opposition to Abortion Is Not Based on Alleged Rights to Life
292(5)
MARY ANNE WARREN
On the Moral and Legal Status of Abortion
297(12)
PART TEN ON THE EXISTENCE OF GOD 309(14)
E. K. DANIEL
Two Proofs of God's Existence
309(5)
GEORGE H. SMITH
God Does Not Exist
314(9)
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 323

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