. . . . . . . . . . "An introduction to reasoning" . "[This text] is suitable for application to arguments of all types and in all fields. [It] discuss[es] the special features associated with practical reasoning in different fields of argumentation - law, science, fine arts, management, and ethics, respectively. [It also] deal[s] with a number of general issues connected with the rational criticism of arguments as viewed from the standpoints of philosophy, communication, and other disciplines: they include a discussion of fallacies as nonformal failures in the process of reasoning, rather than as blunders in the mechanics of argumentation. -Pref." .