Duck That Won the Lottery
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Author: Julian Baggini
Format: Hardback
Number of Pages: 224
Britain's best-loved popular philosopher, provides another rapid-fire selection of short, stimulating and entertaining capsules of philosophy. This time the focus is on the bad arguments people use all the time, in politics, media and every day life. Each entry takes as its starting point an example of questionable reasoning, and Baggini, with characteristic clarity and wit, dissects the argument and then invites readers to do the same with other examples, and in their daily lives. Catch your friends 'loading the dice', or broadcasters committing the 'fallacy of the complex question'. Learn how to spot false dichotomies, gambler's fallacies and un-flagrant contradictions, and add 'slippery slopes' and 'post hoc fallacies' to your rhetorical toolkit.
Author: Julian Baggini
Format: Hardback
Number of Pages: 224
Britain's best-loved popular philosopher, provides another rapid-fire selection of short, stimulating and entertaining capsules of philosophy. This time the focus is on the bad arguments people use all the time, in politics, media and every day life. Each entry takes as its starting point an example of questionable reasoning, and Baggini, with characteristic clarity and wit, dissects the argument and then invites readers to do the same with other examples, and in their daily lives. Catch your friends 'loading the dice', or broadcasters committing the 'fallacy of the complex question'. Learn how to spot false dichotomies, gambler's fallacies and un-flagrant contradictions, and add 'slippery slopes' and 'post hoc fallacies' to your rhetorical toolkit.
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NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand books is not always available. Please contact us if you have a question about this title.
Author: Julian Baggini
Format: Hardback
Number of Pages: 224
Britain's best-loved popular philosopher, provides another rapid-fire selection of short, stimulating and entertaining capsules of philosophy. This time the focus is on the bad arguments people use all the time, in politics, media and every day life. Each entry takes as its starting point an example of questionable reasoning, and Baggini, with characteristic clarity and wit, dissects the argument and then invites readers to do the same with other examples, and in their daily lives. Catch your friends 'loading the dice', or broadcasters committing the 'fallacy of the complex question'. Learn how to spot false dichotomies, gambler's fallacies and un-flagrant contradictions, and add 'slippery slopes' and 'post hoc fallacies' to your rhetorical toolkit.
Author: Julian Baggini
Format: Hardback
Number of Pages: 224
Britain's best-loved popular philosopher, provides another rapid-fire selection of short, stimulating and entertaining capsules of philosophy. This time the focus is on the bad arguments people use all the time, in politics, media and every day life. Each entry takes as its starting point an example of questionable reasoning, and Baggini, with characteristic clarity and wit, dissects the argument and then invites readers to do the same with other examples, and in their daily lives. Catch your friends 'loading the dice', or broadcasters committing the 'fallacy of the complex question'. Learn how to spot false dichotomies, gambler's fallacies and un-flagrant contradictions, and add 'slippery slopes' and 'post hoc fallacies' to your rhetorical toolkit.
Duck That Won the Lottery