The Elements of Reasoning

This book is a concise and elegant introduction to the basic elements of argumentative prose and the conceptual tools necessary to understand, analyze, criticize, and construct arguments. Useful as a handbook of reasoning in much the same way that Strunk and White's Elements Of Style provides a handbook for writers. While the book covers the standard formal tools of introductory logic, its emphasis is on practical applications to the kinds of arguments students most often encounter.David Conway is the author of 'The Elements of Reasoning', published 1999 under ISBN 9780534519490 and ISBN 0534519490.