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An Illustrated Book of Bad Arguments

by Ali Almossawi
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Clever guide to common logical fallacies.

This book is a great read for anyone who wants to understand how people often make flawed arguments. Almossawi uses adorable drawings of animals to illustrate various logical fallacies in a humorous, yet informative, way. The book is concise and easy to understand, making it perfect for beginners, but also a great refresher for those already familiar with logical fallacies. Overall, it's a fun and practical guide that will help readers improve their own reasoning skills and avoid being misled by flawed arguments.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

An Illustrated Book of Bad Arguments

by Ali Almossawi
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ISBN: 9781615192250
Author: Ali Almossawi
Publisher: Experiment
Date of Publication: 2014-09-23
Format: Hardback
Goodreads rating: 3.8
(rated by 4536 readers)

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"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.


Author: Ali Almossawi
Format: Hardback
Number of Pages: 55
Publisher: Experiment
Publication Date: 23 Sep 2014
 

Clever guide to common logical fallacies.

This book is a great read for anyone who wants to understand how people often make flawed arguments. Almossawi uses adorable drawings of animals to illustrate various logical fallacies in a humorous, yet informative, way. The book is concise and easy to understand, making it perfect for beginners, but also a great refresher for those already familiar with logical fallacies. Overall, it's a fun and practical guide that will help readers improve their own reasoning skills and avoid being misled by flawed arguments.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

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