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--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| 77   |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 78   |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 79   |  |  |  |  |  |\n| U  \u003Cbr>DO NOT REMOVE THIS CARD  \u003Cbr>×E  \u003Cbr>S  \u003Cbr>a   |  |  |  |  |  |\n\nCREN SHAW-IMPERIAL BRANCH  \nLogic  \n1000  \n# LOGIC\n\nby Vicki Cobbillustrated by Ellie Haines  \nSBN 531-00708-1  \nCopyright ◎1969 by Franklin Watts,Inc.  \nLibrary of Congress Catalog Card Number:74-80011Printed in the United States of America  \n2345  \nContents  \nAbout Being ReasonableCommon Everyday FallaciesThe Unrelated ConclusionMight Makes RightA Case of Name-CallingProve It Isn't SoI Have My TroublesAppealing to EmotionsListen to the ExpertThe Superstitious FallacyThe Naming FallacyDeduction  \nThe Problem of LanguageSyllogisms  \nTesting for ValidityInduction  \nInduction by AnalogyInduction in ScienceIndex  \n1  \n6  \n8  \n11  \n14  \n16  \n19  \n23  \n24  \n26  \n29  \n31  \n35  \n38  \n42  \n56  \n59  \n61  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