An Illustrated Book of Bad Arguments: Learn the Lost Art of

An Illustrated Book of Bad Arguments: Learn the Lost Art of Making Sense

“A flawless compendium of flaws." -Alice Roberts, PhD, anatomist, writer, and presenter of The Incredible Human Journey
The antidote to fuzzy thinking, with furry animals!
Have you read (or stumbled into) one too many irrational online debates? Ali Almossawi certainly had, so he wrote An Illustrated Book of Bad Arguments! This handy guide is here to bring the internet age a much-needed dose of old-school logic (really old-school, a la Aristotle).
Here are cogent explanations of the straw man fallacy, the slippery slope argument, the ad hominem attack, and other common attempts at reasoning that actually fall short-plus a beautifully drawn menagerie of animals who (adorably) commit every logical faux pas. Rabbit thinks a strange light in the sky must be a UFO because no one can prove otherwise (the appeal to ignorance). And Lion doesn't believe that gas emissions harm the planet because, if that were true, he wouldn't like the result (the argument from consequences).
Once you learn to recognize these abuses of reason, they start to crop up everywhere from congressional debate to YouTube comments-which makes this geek-chic book a must for anyone in the habit of holding opinions.
Country USA
Brand The Experiment, LLC
Manufacturer The Experiment
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber black & white illustrations
ReleaseDate 2014-09-23
UnitCount 1
Format Illustrated
EANs 8601421534970

Country	USA
Brand	The Experiment, LLC
Manufacturer	The Experiment
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	black & white illustrations
ReleaseDate	2014-09-23
UnitCount	1
Format	Illustrated
EANs	8601421534970

An Illustrated Book of Bad Arguments: Learn the Lost Art of Making Sense

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