How to Win Every Argument: The Use and Abuse of Logic - Brossura

Pirie, Madsen

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0826498949 ISBN 13: 9780826498946

Casa editrice: Bloomsbury USA Academic, 2007

Riassunto

Publisher's warning: In the wrong hands this book is dangerous. We recommend that you arm yourself with it whilst keeping it out of the hands of others. Only buy this book as a gift if you are sure that you can trust the recipient.

In this witty and infectious book, Madsen Pirie provides a complete guide to using--and indeed abusing--logic in order to win arguments. He identifies with devastating examples all the most common fallacies popularly used in arguments. We all like to think of ourselves as clear-headed and logical--but all readers will find in this book fallacies of which they themselves are guilty. The author shows you how to simultaneously strengthen your own thinking and identify the weaknesses in other people arguments. And, more mischievously, Pirie also shows how to be deliberately illogical--and get away with it! This book will make you maddeningly smart: your family, friends and opponents will all wish that you had never read it.

The book includes entries on:
· Affirming the consequent
· Blinding with science
· Conclusion which denies premises
· Emotional appeals
· The Exception that proves the rule
· Half-concealed qualification
· Poisoning the well
· Positive conclusion from negative premise
· Shifting the burden of proof
· Trivial questions
· Wishful thinking

Su questo libro

Recensione:

'Armed with this book, we can go fearlessly into verbal combat...knowing how to muster our arguments and showing the fallacies in theirs...make a space for this on your shelves too. You never know when you may need it. --DMJ, The Ark, Spring 2007

L'autore:

MADSEN PIRIE is President of the Adam Smith Institute and author of numerous books including Boost Your IQ and The Sherlock Holmes IQ Book. He was formerly Distinguished Visiting Professor of Philosophy and Logic at Hillsdale College, Michigan, USA. He appears regularly as an expert on CNN and BBC television.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Bloomsbury USA Academic
• Data di pubblicazione: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0826498949
• ISBN 13: 9780826498946
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 182