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The Art of Argument Paperback – Jan. 1 2010

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Junior high aged students will argue (and sometimes quarrel), but they won't argue well without good training. Young teens are also targeted by advertisers with a vengeance. From billboards to commercials to a walk down the mall, fallacious arguments are everywhere you look. The Art of Argument was designed to teach the argumentative adolescent how to reason with clarity, relevance and purpose at a time when he has a penchant for the why and how. It is designed to equip and sharpen young minds as they live, play, and grow in this highly commercial culture. This course teaches students to recognize and identify twenty-eight informal fallacies, and the eye-catching text includes over sixty slick and clever, "phony advertisements" for items from blue jeans to pick-up trucks, which apply the fallacies to a myriad of real life situations. Classical Academic Press Educators will find all curricula by Classical Academic Press to be created with four important attributes. Each product is classical, creative, relevant, and easy to use. As our company name implies, you will find that we publish classical books and media, seeking to acquaint students with the best that has been thought and said. We also design and present our products with creativity and zest, from beautiful illustrations to engaging storytelling, ensuring that the classical subjects being taught are anything but boring. Areas we publish in include: -Latin -Ancient Greek -Logic -Bible, Old & New Testament -The Art Of Poetry -Spanish -Classical Education Resources

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Classical Academic Press; Spi edition (Jan. 1 2010)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 247 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1600510183
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1600510182
Item weight ‏ : ‎ 612 g
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 21.84 x 1.37 x 28.27 cm

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E. Smith

The Art of Argument

Reviewed in Canada on August 19, 2011

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I sent this back. It was uninspiring and very detailed in naming and asking the reader to learn some complicated names for different advertising tricks that I think can easily be sidestepped by rigorously following the practice of asking oneself the simple and powerful question, "Is it true?" I'd rather spend my time learning proper logic.

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Nathan Sawatzky

Very helpful!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 3, 2019

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Really enjoy the way this program is laid out. Engaging text and nice storyline to help students engage in learning about different fallacies. While there is a video component you can purchase separately, we have decided just to use the book on its own. We have read The Fallacy Detective as well, and enjoyed that, but very much enjoy this text for a deeper fallacy study in our homeschool.

E. Murton

Wordy but good

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 10, 2014

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A great book but rather wordy in places. I got the Kindle version so I don't know if the actual book is more colourful... which might help but a really great book for critical thinking. I'm going through it with my 8 and 12 year old.

Anna

Objective and LOGICAL

Reviewed in the United States on October 25, 2017

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I'm a homeschool mom of 4 and am educating a middle (logic stage) student. I almost hesitated buying this book because of one review that alluded to it being politically slanted. I'm glad I went ahead with it, because it really presents Logic in an understandable way with GREAT real life examples. I think it's quite objective and reasons through the arguments very well and simply. One could still come to their own personal conclusion however they want, the book just points out logistical facts. AWESOME book, I recommend it.

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Josh R

Inappropriate textbook for public educators, explicit religious views and implicit political views.

Reviewed in the United States on January 11, 2021

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Inappropriate textbook for public education.

From page 69: "God has called us to a life of discernment and wisdom..."

On demogogues (also page 69): The Democratic Party "...seems especially adept" while the Republican Party "...are by no means innocent."

Also, content is outdated. Middle school students may have difficulty relating to things like a reference to Michael Dukakis or flip phone technology.

The book is probably best used for a more conservative Christian homeschooling program.

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Lorne Megyesi

Great Student Book, less excited about teacher book

Reviewed in the United States on November 30, 2015

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I like the topic, really like how it is presented, and felt like the students in the class absorbed a great deal of the information.
What I would have liked was more information in the teacher's book, to explain why some of the answers are the way they were. (We wound up deciding, as a group, that the answers were up for debate, since the authors did not choose to support their answers. :D ) The struggle we had was that this was a class being taught by two teachers that were not familiar with the topic any more than the students were. We were all learning together.
So, for this particular book, I think they did a great job. As a curriculum, however, I feel the publisher could do more than simply use a student book with answers fille din. Give the teachers some support.

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