Screen LibraryAn illustrated book of bad arguments /
"Have you read (or stumbled into) one too many irrational online debates? Ali Almossawi certainly had, so he wrote an An Illustrated Book of Bad Arguments! This handy guide is here to bring the internet age a much needed does of old-school logic."--Back cover.
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The Experiment LLC,
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| Publisher Address: | New York : |
| Publication Dates: | [2014] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
"Have you read (or stumbled into) one too many irrational online debates? Ali Almossawi certainly had, so he wrote an An Illustrated Book of Bad Arguments! This handy guide is here to bring the internet age a much needed does of old-school logic."--Back cover. |
| Carrier Form: | 55 pages : illustrations ; 19 x 21 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 53-54). |
| ISBN: |
9781615192250 1615192255 |
| Index Number: | BC177 |
| CLC: | B811.2 |
| Call Number: | B811.2/A452 |
| Contents: | Logical fallacies -- Argument from consequences -- Straw man -- Appeal to irrelevant authority -- Equivocation -- False dilemma -- Not a cause for a cause -- Appeal to fear -- Hasty generalization -- Appeal to ignorance -- No true Scotsman -- Genetic fallacy -- Guilt by association -- Affirming the consequent -- Appeal to hypocrisy -- Slippery slope -- Appeal to the bandwagon -- Ad hominem -- Circular reasoning -- Composition and division. |