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The Resource Mastering logical fallacies : the definitive guide to flawless rhetoric and bulletproof logic, Michael Withey ; illustrations by James Olstein ; foreword by Henry Zhang

Mastering logical fallacies : the definitive guide to flawless rhetoric and bulletproof logic, Michael Withey ; illustrations by James Olstein ; foreword by Henry Zhang

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Mastering logical fallacies : the definitive guide to flawless rhetoric and bulletproof logic
Title
Mastering logical fallacies
Title remainder
the definitive guide to flawless rhetoric and bulletproof logic
Statement of responsibility
Michael Withey ; illustrations by James Olstein ; foreword by Henry Zhang
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Contributor
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Language
eng
Summary
"Mastering Logical Fallacies is the clearest, boldest, and most systematic guide for dominating the rules and tactics of successful arguments. Examine the most common conversational blunders through examples taken form real-life and clear breakdowns of their logical structure. This book offers all the necessary tools for discrediting your opponents and creating winning arguments. It exposes arguments for what they usually are: bogus. With succinct descriptions of play-by-play strategies, and a curated selection of models from the logical fallacies canon, this book delivers a masterclass in avoiding and demolishing bad arguments."--Book cover
Cataloging source
BTCTA
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Withey, Michael
Dewey number
165
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
LC call number
BC175
LC item number
.W58 2016
Literary form
non fiction
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Olstein, James
  • Zhang, Henry
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Fallacies (Logic)
  • Logic
  • Fallacies (Logic)
  • Logic
Label
Mastering logical fallacies : the definitive guide to flawless rhetoric and bulletproof logic, Michael Withey ; illustrations by James Olstein ; foreword by Henry Zhang
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Publication
Copyright
Note
Includes index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Ad hominem: abusive -- Ad hominem: circumstantial -- Ad hominem: guilt by association -- Ad hominem: tu quoque -- Affirming the consequent -- Ambiguity -- Anonymous authority -- Appeal to anger -- Appeal to authority -- Appeal to celebrity -- Appeal to common belief -- Appeal to desperation -- Appeal to emotion -- Appeal to faith -- Appeal to heaven -- Appeal to the moon -- Appeal to nature -- Appeal to normality -- Appeal to pity -- Appeal to possibility -- Appeal to ridicule -- Appeal to tradition -- Argument from ignorance -- Base rate -- Begging the question -- Biased sample -- Blind authority -- Cherry-picking -- Circular reasoning -- Complex question -- Equivocation -- Fake precision -- Fallacy of composition -- Fallacy of division -- False analogy -- False dilemma -- Hasty generalization -- Just because -- Ludic fallacy -- Lying with stats -- Magical thinking -- Moralistic fallacy -- Moving the goalposts -- Multiple comparisons fallacy -- Naturalistic fallacy -- Nirvana fallacy -- Non sequitur -- Proving non-existence -- Red herring -- Reductio ad absurdum -- Reductio ad hitlerum -- Self-sealing argument -- Shoehorning -- Slippery slope -- Special pleading -- Spiritual fallacy -- Straw man argument -- Sunk cost -- Unfalsifiability -- Use-mention error
Control code
ocn950444329
Dimensions
21 cm
Extent
201 pages
Isbn
9781623157104
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
color illustrations
Label
Mastering logical fallacies : the definitive guide to flawless rhetoric and bulletproof logic, Michael Withey ; illustrations by James Olstein ; foreword by Henry Zhang
Publication
Copyright
Note
Includes index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Ad hominem: abusive -- Ad hominem: circumstantial -- Ad hominem: guilt by association -- Ad hominem: tu quoque -- Affirming the consequent -- Ambiguity -- Anonymous authority -- Appeal to anger -- Appeal to authority -- Appeal to celebrity -- Appeal to common belief -- Appeal to desperation -- Appeal to emotion -- Appeal to faith -- Appeal to heaven -- Appeal to the moon -- Appeal to nature -- Appeal to normality -- Appeal to pity -- Appeal to possibility -- Appeal to ridicule -- Appeal to tradition -- Argument from ignorance -- Base rate -- Begging the question -- Biased sample -- Blind authority -- Cherry-picking -- Circular reasoning -- Complex question -- Equivocation -- Fake precision -- Fallacy of composition -- Fallacy of division -- False analogy -- False dilemma -- Hasty generalization -- Just because -- Ludic fallacy -- Lying with stats -- Magical thinking -- Moralistic fallacy -- Moving the goalposts -- Multiple comparisons fallacy -- Naturalistic fallacy -- Nirvana fallacy -- Non sequitur -- Proving non-existence -- Red herring -- Reductio ad absurdum -- Reductio ad hitlerum -- Self-sealing argument -- Shoehorning -- Slippery slope -- Special pleading -- Spiritual fallacy -- Straw man argument -- Sunk cost -- Unfalsifiability -- Use-mention error
Control code
ocn950444329
Dimensions
21 cm
Extent
201 pages
Isbn
9781623157104
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
color illustrations

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