Review of: "A Rulebook for Arguments"

This book written by philosopher Anthony Weston is a very interesting and concise recipe book for arguments, in the classical (Aristotelian) sense I might say, and is intended as an introduction for high-school to grad students. A plus of the book (for me) is that it has few examples and goes directly to the point. The book is roughly divided in three main parts:

1. Non-Deductive Arguments: which includes arguments by example, analogy, authority and about causes.
2. Deductive Arguments: which are the classical schemes, i.e.: Modus Ponens, Modus Tollens, Hypothetical Syllogism, Disjunctive Syllogism, Dillema, Reductio ad absurdum, and finally a practical application of many of the above.
3. Composing an Argumentative Essay: which is very useful. Actually I got more from this short account than from other book devoted entirely writing papers! there's finally a list of fallacies.

Pros: It's a nice book to keep handy. Its conciseness and careful writing make it useful.

Cons: It consistently uses the topic of the existence of God in the examples; most of the times, to deny it. I think this is unnecessary. (BTW, the proof in p.79 by David Hume, is naive).