Author: Ralph W. Thomas

Publisher:

Published: 2015-07-09

Total Pages: 234

ISBN-13: 9781331063001

Excerpt from A Manual of Debate In compiling this book, the aim has been to make a compact manual for beginners in debate. With this aim in view, many of the technicalities of Logic and Argumentation have been omitted, and only those logical forms have been included which seem essential. The advantage of such a book should be to give pupils enough of the theory to make their practice debates intellectually profitable, and to do this without unnecessary loss of time. The Manual is intended for use as a drill book. Hence, in immediate connection with each logical form is given the method of its refutation; examples are added for practice; and the Summary is in the form of a table for ready reference. This table should ultimately be committed to memory. By careful study of the forms and their refutations, and with sufficient practice, the debater should be able to recognize the logical forms of the arguments presented by an opponent, and each form should then suggest its possible refutation. For instance, on hearing an argument from Example, the debater should be able to recognize the logical form at once, and he should also know at just what point in the example to look for the only possible fallacy. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.