An Illustrated Book of Bad Arguments : Learn the Lost Art of Making Sense

"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. "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 the forthcoming 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 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 Silly rabbit! Your argument is ill-founded. 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... Philosophy/Logic: Logical Fallacies "Here are cogent explanations of the straw man fallacy, the slippery slope argument, the ad homenem 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 harms 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 opnions. It's the antidote to fuzzy thinking, with furry animals!"--Page [4] Cover 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. 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 The Bandwagon -- Ad Hominem -- Circular Reasoning -- Composition And Division. Ali Almossawi ; Illustrations By Alejandro Giraldo. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 53-54). Presents an illustrated look at several philosophical arguments including the slippery slope, ad hominem, appeal to ignorance, and argument from consequences debates.;Who is this book for? -- Preface -- 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.