How to win every argument : the use and abuse of logic / Madsen Pirie.
By: Pirie, Madsen.
Publisher: London ; New York : Continuum, c2006Description: x, 182 p. ; 20cm.ISBN: 9780826498946 (pbk.); 0826498949 (pbk.).Subject(s): Fallacies (Logic)DDC classification: 165Item type | Current location | Shelf location | Call number | Copy number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode |
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Previous ed. : published as The book of fallacy. London : Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1985.
This witty and infectious book provides a complete guide to using and indeed abusing logic in order to win arguments. It identifies with devastating examples all the most common fallacies popularly used in argument. We all like to think ourselves as clear-headed and logical but all readers will find in this book fallacies which they themselves are guilty.