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"A lively and accessible guide to understanding rhetoric by the world class English and Law professor and bestselling author of How to Write a Sentence. Filled with the wit and observational prowess that shaped Stanley Fish's acclaimed bestseller How to Write a Sentence, Winning Arguments guides readers through the ""greatest hits"" of rhetoric. In this clever and engaging guide, Fish offers insight and outlines the crucial keys you need to win any debate, anywhere, anytime--drawn from landmark legal cases, politics, his own career, and even popular film and television. A celebration of clashing minds and viewpoints, Winning Arguments is sure to become a classic."

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The points [Fish] presents are philosophical, metaphysical, even ontological...The book is not so much about winning arguments as it is about better arguments, ones that elevate the discourse toward a mutual discovery of truth (whatever that is) rather than scoring points toward partisan goals...Fish presents a compelling argument about the necessity of argument. -- Kirkus Reviews Not a guide to coming out on top in a squabble but an exploration of the strategies that succeed in personal, political, and professional domains...This timely publication that coincides with the upcoming presidential election will attract Fish's already established audience; newcomers to the author should find this latest work simultaneously challenging and accessible. -- Library Journal Legal scholar Fish provides a practical, thought-provoking guide to improving argument skills...An important book for any lawyer, scholar, or pundit-not to mention any spouse who has tried to walk back fractious words-Fish's shrewd work can help everyone better understand the power of effective communication in everyday life. -- Publishers Weekly

Legal scholar Fish provides a practical, thought-provoking guide to improving argument skills...An important book for any lawyer, scholar, or pundit-not to mention any spouse who has tried to walk back fractious words-Fish's shrewd work can help everyone better understand the power of effective communication in everyday life. -- Publishers Weekly Not a guide to coming out on top in a squabble but an exploration of the strategies that succeed in personal, political, and professional domains...This timely publication that coincides with the upcoming presidential election will attract Fish's already established audience; newcomers to the author should find this latest work simultaneously challenging and accessible. -- Library Journal The points [Fish] presents are philosophical, metaphysical, even ontological...The book is not so much about winning arguments as it is about better arguments, ones that elevate the discourse toward a mutual discovery of truth (whatever that is) rather than scoring points toward partisan goals...Fish presents a compelling argument about the necessity of argument. -- Kirkus Reviews

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STANLEY FISH is a professor of law at Florida International University in Miami, and dean emeritus of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Illinois in Chicago. He has also taught at the University of California at Berkeley, Johns Hopkins University, and Duke University. He is the author of fourteen books, most recently Fugitive in Flight and Save the World on Your Own Time. He lives in Andes, New York, and New York City. Joe Barrett, an actor and Audie Award and Earphones Award-winning narrator, has appeared both on and off Broadway as well as in hundreds of radio and television commercials.

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