Publisher's Synopsis
Argumentation: Critical Thinking in Action explores a wide variety of issues and concepts connected to making arguments, responding to the arguments of others, and using good critical thinking skills to analyze persuasive communication.Based on feedback from users and instructors, the new fifth edition of David Lapakko's Argumentation: Critical Thinking in Action:promotes civil discourse through expanded emphasis on sender/receiver ethics.integrates updated examples - includes 2020 election, COVID, and racial issues in police practices.includes ethical issues in argumentation - unlike any other book on the market.features new coverage of visual evidence of argumentation.fuses practical examples with Spotlight on Scholarship vignettes in each chapter that include coverage of academic studies/articles of the content provided.has been completely reformatted with a stronger emphasis on visual design.is easy to adopt! Adopting instructors receive access to a large test bank and PowerPoint presentation for each chapter.
