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You've Got to Be Kidding!: How Jokes Can Help You Think is a thoughtful and accessible analysis of the ways in which jokes illustrate how we think critically, and how the thinking process goes awry in everyday human situations: Uses jokes to illustrate the various mistakes or fallacies that are...
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| Literature type: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9781444307894 |
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You've Got to Be Kidding!: How Jokes Can Help You Think is a thoughtful and accessible analysis of the ways in which jokes illustrate how we think critically, and how the thinking process goes awry in everyday human situations: Uses jokes to illustrate the various mistakes or fallacies that are typically identified and discussed in courses on critical reasoning; Provides an effective way to learn critical thinking skills since jokes often describe real-life situations where it really matters whether a person thinks well or not; Demonstrates how philosophy is actually very practical and clearly. |
| Carrier Form: | xi, 124 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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9781444307894 1444307894 9781444307900 (electronic bk.) 1444307908 (electronic bk.) 1282460994 9781282460997 |
| Index Number: | BC177 |
| CLC: | B804 |
| Contents: | Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Why thinking critically is important -- Fallacies of relevance -- Fallacies of evidence -- Fallacies of assumption -- Critical thinking and objective truth. |