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基本説明
New in paperback. Hardcover was published in 2006. Publisher's warning: In the wrong hands this book is dangerous. We recommend that you arm youself 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.
Full Description
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 argument. 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's 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.
Contents
79 A-Z entries, including:; Abusive analogy; Blinding with science; The complex question; Damning the alternatives; Exclusive premises; The gambler's fallacy; Hedging; Irrelevant humour; Loaded words; The red herring; Shifting ground; Trivial objections; Wishful thinking.