Crimes Against Logic: Exposing the Bogus Arguments of Politicians, Priests, Journalists, and Other Serial Offenders

Jamie Whyte

ISBN 10: 0071446435 / ISBN 13: 9780071446433

Editore: McGraw Hill, 2004

Codice articolo 0071446435-4-35598965

Riassunto:

Uncover the truth under all the BS

In the daily battle for our hearts and minds--not to mention our hard-earned cash--the truth is usually the first casualty. It's time we learned how to see through the rhetoric, faulty reasoning, and misinformation that we're subjected to from morning to night by talk-radio hosts, op-ed columnists, advertisers, self-help gurus, business "thinkers," and, of course, politicians. And no one is better equipped to show us how than award-winning philosopher Jamie Whyte.

In Crimes Against Logic Whyte take us on a fast-paced, ruthlessly funny romp through the mulligan stew of can, folderol, and bogus logic served up in the media, at the office, and even in your own home. Applying his laserlike wit to dozens of timely examples, Whyte cuts through the haze of facts, figures, and double-talk and gets at the real truth behind what they're telling us.

"An incisive philosopher."
--Sunday Telegraph

Informazioni sull?autore: Jamie Whyte is a former lecturer of philosophy at Cambridge University and winner of Analysis journal's prestigious prize for best article by an author under 30. He has published numerous articles in journals such as Analysis and the British Journal for the Philosophy of Science. He is from New Zealand and now lives and works in London, England.

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Titolo: Crimes Against Logic: Exposing the Bogus ...
Casa editrice: McGraw Hill
Data di pubblicazione: 2004
Legatura: paperback
Condizione: Fair