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Bad Arguments Ser.: Illustrated Book of Bad Arguments : Learn the Lost Art of Making Sense by Ali Almossawi (2014, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherExperiment LLC, T.H.E.
ISBN-101615192255
ISBN-139781615192250
eBay Product ID (ePID)201628615
Product Key Features
Number of Pages64 Pages
Publication NameIllustrated Book of Bad Arguments : Learn the Lost Art of Making Sense
LanguageEnglish
SubjectBusiness Communication / General, General, Rhetoric, Logic
Publication Year2014
TypeTextbook
AuthorAli Almossawi
Subject AreaMathematics, Philosophy, Language Arts & Disciplines, Business & Economics
SeriesBad Arguments Ser.
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.5 in
Item Weight9.6 Oz
Item Length7.2 in
Item Width8.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2014-016343
Dewey Edition23
TitleLeadingAn
Reviews"Wonderfully digestible . . . I can't think of a better way to be taught or reintroduced to these fundamental notions of logical discourse. A delightful little book." -- Aaron Koblin , creative director, Google's Data Arts team "I love this illustrated book of bad arguments. A flawless compendium of flaws." -- Alice Roberts, PhD, anatomist, writer, and presenter of The Incredible Human Journey "A whimsical, straightforward primer . . . a guide to how to strengthen--and how not to weaken--your arguments." -- Shelf Awareness , starred review "A very good book every scientist should have. Every scholar, really." -- Hope Jahren , author of Lab Girl "This little book takes a potentially ponderous subject (logical fallacies) and makes it wonderfully entertaining." -- Omaha World-Herald "Bad arguments, great illustrations . . . gorgeous." -- Cory Doctorow , BoingBoing.net "[A] handsome newcomer's guide to the world of logic . . . Almossawi and his McSweeney's-ready artist Giraldo accessibly tackle such classic subjects as circular reasoning, false dilemma, straw man, appeal to ignorance, and genetic fallacy . . . an attractive, substantive read." -- John Wenzel , Denver Post blog "Seriously, An Illustrated Book of Bad Arguments should be on every school curriculum. Twitter will be a more civil place." -- Kevin Tang , BuzzFeed.com "A great primer for anyone looking to understand logical fallacies . . . Pass it along to the arguers--good and bad--in your life." -- Lauren Davis , io9.com "Now more than ever, you need this illustrated guide to bad arguments, faulty logic, and silly rhetoric." -- Dan Solomon , Fast Company magazine online "Share [this book] with your friends. Encourage your family members to flip through it. Casually leave copies in public places." -- Jenny Williams , GeekDad.com "[A] wonderful primer on the logical fallacies that have been screwing up our thinking . . . since shortly after the invention of dirt." -- Ron Kretsch , DangerousMinds.net, Now more than ever, you need this illustrated guide to bad arguments, faulty logic, and silly rhetoric., Seriously, An Illustrated Book of Bad Arguments should be on every school curriculum. Twitter will be a more civil place., "Wonderfully digestible . . . I can't think of a better way to be taught or reintroduced to these fundamental notions of logical discourse. A delightful little book." -- Aaron Koblin , creative director, Google's Data Arts team "I love this illustrated book of bad arguments. A flawless compendium of flaws." -- Alice Roberts, PhD, anatomist, writer, and presenter of The Incredible Human Journey "A whimsical, straightforward primer . . . a guide to how to strengthen--and how not to weaken--your arguments." -- Shelf Awareness , starred review "This little book takes a potentially ponderous subject (logical fallacies) and makes it wonderfully entertaining." -- Omaha World-Herald "Bad arguments, great illustrations . . . gorgeous." -- Cory Doctorow , BoingBoing.net "[A] handsome newcomer's guide to the world of logic . . . Almossawi and his McSweeney's-ready artist Giraldo accessibly tackle such classic subjects as circular reasoning, false dilemma, straw man, appeal to ignorance, and genetic fallacy . . . an attractive, substantive read." -- John Wenzel , Denver Post blog "Seriously, An Illustrated Book of Bad Arguments should be on every school curriculum. Twitter will be a more civil place." -- Kevin Tang , BuzzFeed.com "A great primer for anyone looking to understand logical fallacies . . . Pass it along to the arguers--good and bad--in your life." -- Lauren Davis , io9.com "Now more than ever, you need this illustrated guide to bad arguments, faulty logic, and silly rhetoric." -- Dan Solomon , Fast Company magazine online "Share [this book] with your friends. Encourage your family members to flip through it. Casually leave copies in public places." -- Jenny Williams , GeekDad.com "[A] wonderful primer on the logical fallacies that have been screwing up our thinking . . . since shortly after the invention of dirt." -- Ron Kretsch , DangerousMinds.net, A whimsical, straightforward primer . . . a guide to how to strengthen--and how not to weaken--your arguments., An Indie Bestseller "Wonderfully digestible . . . I can't think of a better way to be taught or reintroduced to these fundamental notions of logical discourse. A delightful little book." --Aaron Koblin , creative director, Google's Data Arts team "I love this illustrated book of bad arguments. A flawless compendium of flaws." --Alice Roberts, PhD, anatomist, writer, and presenter of The Incredible Human Journey "A whimsical, straightforward primer . . . a guide to how to strengthen--and how not to weaken--your arguments." -- Shelf Awareness , starred review "A very good book every scientist should have. Every scholar, really." --Hope Jahren , author of Lab Girl "This little book takes a potentially ponderous subject (logical fallacies) and makes it wonderfully entertaining." -- Omaha World-Herald "Bad arguments, great illustrations . . . gorgeous." --Cory Doctorow , BoingBoing.net "[A] handsome newcomer's guide to the world of logic . . . Almossawi and his McSweeney's-ready artist Giraldo accessibly tackle such classic subjects as circular reasoning, false dilemma, straw man, appeal to ignorance, and genetic fallacy . . . an attractive, substantive read." --John Wenzel , Denver Post blog "Seriously, An Illustrated Book of Bad Arguments should be on every school curriculum. Twitter will be a more civil place." --Kevin Tang , BuzzFeed.com "A great primer for anyone looking to understand logical fallacies . . . Pass it along to the arguers--good and bad--in your life." --Lauren Davis , io9.com "Now more than ever, you need this illustrated guide to bad arguments, faulty logic, and silly rhetoric." --Dan Solomon , Fast Company magazine online "Share [this book] with your friends. Encourage your family members to flip through it. Casually leave copies in public places." --Jenny Bristol , GeekDad.com "[A] wonderful primer on the logical fallacies that have been screwing up our thinking . . . since shortly after the invention of dirt." --Ron Kretsch , DangerousMinds.net, "Wonderfully digestible . . . I can't think of a better way to be taught or reintroduced to these fundamental notions of logical discourse. A delightful little book." -- Aaron Koblin , creative director, Google's Data Arts team "I love this illustrated book of bad arguments. A flawless compendium of flaws." -- Alice Roberts, PhD, anatomist, writer, and presenter of The Incredible Human Journey "A whimsical, straightforward primer . . . a guide to how to strengthen--and how not to weaken--your arguments." -- Shelf Awareness , starred review "A very good book every scientist should have. Every scholar, really." -- Hope Jahren , author of Lab Girl "This little book takes a potentially ponderous subject (logical fallacies) and makes it wonderfully entertaining." -- Omaha World-Herald "Bad arguments, great illustrations . . . gorgeous." -- Cory Doctorow , BoingBoing.net "[A] handsome newcomer's guide to the world of logic . . . Almossawi and his McSweeney's-ready artist Giraldo accessibly tackle such classic subjects as circular reasoning, false dilemma, straw man, appeal to ignorance, and genetic fallacy . . . an attractive, substantive read." -- John Wenzel , Denver Post blog "Seriously, An Illustrated Book of Bad Arguments should be on every school curriculum. Twitter will be a more civil place." -- Kevin Tang , BuzzFeed.com "A great primer for anyone looking to understand logical fallacies . . . Pass it along to the arguers--good and bad--in your life." -- Lauren Davis , io9.com "Now more than ever, you need this illustrated guide to bad arguments, faulty logic, and silly rhetoric." -- Dan Solomon , Fast Company magazine online "Share [this book] with your friends. Encourage your family members to flip through it. Casually leave copies in public places." -- Jenny Bristol , GeekDad.com "[A] wonderful primer on the logical fallacies that have been screwing up our thinking . . . since shortly after the invention of dirt." -- Ron Kretsch , DangerousMinds.net, Entertaining and accessible. . . . A great, insightful and timely read that puts our modern borders into context and shows how history does, in fact, still impact today., This little book takes a potentially ponderous subject (logical fallacies) and makes it wonderfully entertaining., Bloody brilliant. Someone needs to tell John Elledge that the lines on maps are not supposed to be this entertaining., "An Indie Bestseller "Wonderfully digestible . . . I can't think of a better way to be taught or reintroduced to these fundamental notions of logical discourse. A delightful little book.", [A] wonderful primer on the logical fallacies that have been screwing up our thinking . . . since shortly after the invention of dirt., Share [this book] with your friends. Encourage your family members to flip through it. Casually leave copies in public places., A great primer for anyone looking to understand logical fallacies . . . Pass it along to the arguers--good and bad--in your life., [A] handsome newcomer's guide to the world of logic . . . Almossawi and his McSweeney's-ready artist Giraldo accessibly tackle such classic subjects as circular reasoning, false dilemma, straw man, appeal to ignorance, and genetic fallacy . . . an attractive, substantive read., "Wonderfully digestible . . . I can't think of a better way to be taught or reintroduced to these fundamental notions of logical discourse. A delightful little book." --Aaron Koblin , creative director, Google's Data Arts team "I love this illustrated book of bad arguments. A flawless compendium of flaws." --Alice Roberts, PhD, anatomist, writer, and presenter of The Incredible Human Journey "A whimsical, straightforward primer . . . a guide to how to strengthen--and how not to weaken--your arguments." -- Shelf Awareness , starred review "A very good book every scientist should have. Every scholar, really." --Hope Jahren , author of Lab Girl "This little book takes a potentially ponderous subject (logical fallacies) and makes it wonderfully entertaining." -- Omaha World-Herald "Bad arguments, great illustrations . . . gorgeous." --Cory Doctorow , BoingBoing.net "[A] handsome newcomer's guide to the world of logic . . . Almossawi and his McSweeney's-ready artist Giraldo accessibly tackle such classic subjects as circular reasoning, false dilemma, straw man, appeal to ignorance, and genetic fallacy . . . an attractive, substantive read." --John Wenzel , Denver Post blog "Seriously, An Illustrated Book of Bad Arguments should be on every school curriculum. Twitter will be a more civil place." --Kevin Tang , BuzzFeed.com "A great primer for anyone looking to understand logical fallacies . . . Pass it along to the arguers--good and bad--in your life." --Lauren Davis , io9.com "Now more than ever, you need this illustrated guide to bad arguments, faulty logic, and silly rhetoric." --Dan Solomon , Fast Company magazine online "Share [this book] with your friends. Encourage your family members to flip through it. Casually leave copies in public places." --Jenny Bristol , GeekDad.com "[A] wonderful primer on the logical fallacies that have been screwing up our thinking . . . since shortly after the invention of dirt." --Ron Kretsch , DangerousMinds.net
Series Volume Number0
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal168
Synopsis"This short book makes you smarter than 99% of the population. . . . The concepts within it will increase your company's ?organizational intelligence.'. . . It's more than just a must-read, it's a ?have-to-read-or-you're-fired' book."--Geoffrey James, INC.com, From the author of An Illustrated Book of Loaded Language, here's 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., "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.
Illustrated byGiraldo, Alejandro
LC Classification NumberBC177.A46 2014
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- 30 Jan, 2022
Must have for critical thinking
The book provides a gist of many logical fallacies and pitfalls to watch out for, not just during debates but also when consuming content in this highly divisive digital age. The book could've become big pretty easily if the author started elaborating deeply on each of the 'bad argument'. A few more examples could really help drive some of the points, but they are an easy google search. I will be keeping this book for reference, as like with any other non-fiction, it takes a little time to seep in.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 26 Oct, 2019
DISGUSTING DIATRIBE AGAINST THE BIBLE AND GOD
DISGUSTING DIATRIBE AGAINST THE BIBLE AND GOD The author uses examples that try to claim there is no God and the Bible is not true ... Promotes evolution WASTED MY MONEY!Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 22 Mar, 2018
Excellent content, compelling pictures, my kids are loving this
A compelling book to introduce your kids (or adults) to logical falacies. It covers the 16 or so most common ones. It is not exhaustive, but it's a very good starter. 3 thumbs up! oh wait...Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
