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Wacky and ridiculous belief systems abound—constructed in such a way that unwary passers-by can similarly find themselves drawn in. . Believing Bullshit identifies eight key mechanisms that can transform a set of ideas into a psychological flytrap.
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In a media-driven world of talking heads, gurus, urban legends, and hype, learning to think more clearly and critically, and helping others to do the same, is one of the most important things you can do.
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Deals with one fallacy, explaining what the fallacy is, giving and analysing an example, outlining when/where/why the particular fallacy tends to occur and finally showing how you can perpetrate the fallacy on other people in order to win an argument.
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John L. Austin was one of the leading philosophers of the twentieth century. The William James Lectures presented Austin's conclusions in the field to which he directed his main efforts on a wide variety of philosophical problems. These talks became the... [ More...]
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This classic work on critical thinking—now fully updated and revised—uses a novel approach to teach the basics of informal logic. Relying on real-world examples, the authors show how to win an argument, defend a case, recognize a fallacy, see... [ More...]
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In this 1921 opus, Wittgenstein defined the object of philosophy as the logical clarification of thoughts and proposed the solution to most philosophic problems by means of a critical method of linguistic analysis. Beginning with the principles of... [ More...]
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"Critical Thinking, Reading, and Writing" is a compact but complete guide to critical thinking and argumentation. Comprising the text portion of the widely adopted "Current Issues and Enduring Questions," it draws on the authors' dual expertise in effective... [ More...]
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Nonsense is the best compilation and study of verbal logical fallacies available anywhere. It is a handbook of the myriad ways we go about being illogical—how we deceive others and ourselves, how we think and argue in ways that are disorderly,... [ More...]
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Norman Geisler, along with Ronald Brooks, shows how Christians can greatly improve their thinking skills. 'To Learn the rules of clear and correct thinking, ' the authors maintain, 'is more than an academic exercise. For the Christian, it is also a means of... [ More...]
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