1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910972027203321

Autore

Phelan Peter <1941->

Titolo

Argument and evidence : critical analysis for the social sciences / / Peter Phelan and Peter Reynolds

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1996

ISBN

1-134-82400-9

1-134-82401-7

1-280-32542-9

0-203-20074-8

0-203-29617-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (260 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

ReynoldsPeter J

Disciplina

300/.72

Soggetti

Social sciences - Methodology

Civilization

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; Preface and acknowledgements; Introduction; Argument and evidence; Context, convention and communication; An informal analysis of arguments; Patterns of reasoning; Establishing validity; Critical analysis in practice; Assumptions; Evidence as ground for belief; What counts as evidence?; Presenting and summarising evidence; Furthering knowledge; Probability and uncertainty; Probability theory applied; Estimation and reliability; Testing hypotheses; Appendices; Notes; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Phelan and Reynolds' book is for anyone who needs to evaluate arguments and interpret evidence. It deals with the most fundamental aspects of academic study: * the ability to reason with ideas and evidence* to formulate arguments effectively* to appreciate the interplay between ideas and evidence in academic and media debateArgument and Evidence presents aspects of informal logic and statistical theory in a comprehensible way, enabling students to acquire skills in critical thinking which will outlast their undergraduate studies. Ideal as a companion for courses on met



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910970039703321

Autore

Meštrović Stjepan Gabriel

Titolo

The Balkanization of the West : the confluence of postmodernism and postcommunism / / Stjepan G. Mestrovic

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1994

ISBN

1-134-88259-9

1-134-88260-2

1-280-06390-4

9786610063901

0-203-34464-2

0-415-24577-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (249 pages)

Disciplina

303.6

303.6094

940.55/9

Soggetti

Post-communism

Postmodernism - Social aspects

World politics - 1989-

Yugoslav War, 1991-1995

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

From the postmodern culture of fun to the grim realities of postcommunism; Still hunting Nazis, and losing reality; Unwelcome alternatives; The postmodernist as voyeur; The end of morality?; What went wrong with the Enlightenment project?; What would a genuine post-Marxism be like?; Conclusions; Notes; References; Name index; Subject index

Sommario/riassunto

Passionate, vigorous and uncompromising this book takes the lid off the confused Western response to the Balkan war. The author raises a series of timely and acute questions about the future of postmodernism and postcommunism. The author claims that the Balkan war has de-railed the movement for unification in Europe. The Islamic world has seen that the West is quite willing to bomb Muslim targets, from Iraq to



Somalia, but absolutely unwilling to wage a `just war' to save the Bosnian Muslims. He concludes that the Balkan war is a key catalyst in the unravelling of the West.