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An Illustrated Book of Bad Arguments

Hardcover • 2014 • 1. edition

An Illustrated Book of Bad Arguments

By Ali Almossawi

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About the book

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 fall short - plus a beautifully drawn menagerie of animals who (adorab...Show more

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9781922247810

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Scribe Publications

Published year

2014

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1

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An Illustrated Book of Bad Arguments

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Hardcover

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