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How to Win an Argument

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A practical, easy-to-read and often amusing guide that describes how to hone your argument skills. Features contemporary examples of debates on current topics with sidebar notes demonstrating weak and strong techniques. Provides tools to identify and avoid the most common verbal traps. Contains strategies for effectively making your points during a disagreement--whether it's a formal debate or a shouting match.

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Book details

Author
Michael Gilbert
Imprint
Trade Paper Press, an imprint of Turner Publishing Company
Published
Formats
Paperback, Hardcover
Subjects
Language Arts & Disciplines › Public Speaking & Speech Writing
Self-Help › Personal Growth › Success
Philosophy › Logic
ISBN-13
9781620457061 (Paperback)9781630261122 (Hardcover)

About the author

MICHAEL A. GILBERT is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at York University in Toronto and the author of two works in argumentation theory. His recent books include Arguing with People and Coalescent Argumentation.

Gilbert holds a B.A. from Hunter College, City University of New York, and a Ph.D. in Philosophy from the University of Waterloo, earned in 1974. His scholarly work spans argumentation theory, informal logic, and gender studies, and he has published numerous scholarly articles.

When not writing, Gilbert has pursued activism alongside his academic career, interests that inform his theoretical work on how people argue and engage with one another.

Michael lives in Toronto, Canada.

Format: Paperback