Bad arguments : 100 of the most important fallacies in Western philosophy / edited by Robert Arp, Steven Barbone, and Michael Bruce.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Arp, Robert, editor.

Barbone, Steven, editor.

Bruce, Michael (Michael David), editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fallacies (Logic).

Philosophy.

Physical Description:

xviii, 431 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, NJ ; West Sussex : Wiley Blackwell, 2019.

Summary:

"Ever decide to avoid a restaurant because of one bad meal? Choose a product because a celebrity endorsed it? Or ignore what a politician says because she's not a member of your party? For as long as people have been discussing, conversing, persuading, advocating, proselytizing, pontificating, or otherwise stating their case, arguments have been vulnerable to false assumptions and faulty reasoning. Drawing upon a long history of logical falsehoods and philosophical flubs, [this book] demonstrates how misguided arguments come to be, what we can do to detect them in the rhetoric of others, and how to avoid using them ourselves"--Back cover.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Electronic version: Bad arguments.

ISBN:

1119165784

9781119165781

1119167906

9781119167907

OCLC:

1057774318