TY  - BOOK
AU  - Freeley,Austin J.
AU  - Steinberg,David L.
TI  - Argumentation and debate: critical thinking for reasoned decision making 
SN  - 9781285083575
AV  - PN4181 .F68 2014
PY  - 2014///]
CY  - Boston, MA
PB  - Wadsworth/Cengage Learning
KW  - Debates and debating
KW  - Decision making
KW  - Persuasion (Rhetoric)
KW  - Critical thinking
KW  - Reasoning
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 464-495) and index; Argumentation, critical thinking and decision making; -- Foundations of debate; -- The foundations of argument; -- Obstacles to clear thinking; -- Ethical and cultural considerations in argumentation and debate; -- The debate proposition; -- Analyzing the proposition; -- Evidence and proof; -- Tests of evidence; -- Gathering and organizing support; -- Arguing for the proposition; -- Arguing against the proposition; -- Cross-examination; -- Refutation; -- Listening and evaluation; -- Debate as public speaking; -- Formats in academic debate; -- Political campaign debates; -- Applied parliamentary debate; -- Public debating; -- Appendix A:  Debate quick start; -- Appendix B:  An affirmative case; -- Appendix C:  Debate and technology; -- Appendix D:  Debate propositions; -- Appendix E:  Debate bibliography; -- Appendix F:  Glossary of terms in argumentation and debate
ER  -