HOW TO DO THINGS WITH LOGIC by C. Grant Luckhardt and William Bechtel.
Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1994



PREFACE (pix-x)

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS (pxi)

1) Logic as a tool (p1-10)

2) The nature of arguments (p11-23)

3) Valid argument forms (p24-60)

4) The basic argumentative essay --- identifying your audience and developing your conclusion (p61-75)

5) The basic argumentative essay --- generating a logical diagram and written prose (p76-105)

6) Evaluation arguments (p106-126)

7) Critiques --- the essential preparation (p127-135)

8) Critiques --- types of objections (p136-155)

9) Critiques --- presenting objections (p156-169)

10) Defending against a critique (p170-180)

11) Authority (p181-216)

12) The logic of explanation (p217-246)

13) Arguing from analogy (p247-260)

SUBJECT INDEX (p261-263)

ABOUT THE AUTHOR (p270)


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