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| Titre : | How to Win Every Argument: The Use and Abuse of Logic |
| Auteurs : | Madsen Pirie |
| Type de document : | document électronique |
| Editeur : | [S.l.] : Bloomsbury Academic, 2007 |
| Résumé : |
**┬á** **Publisher's warning: **In the wrong hands this book is dangerous. We recommend that you arm yourself with it whilst keeping it out of the hands of others. Only buy this book as a gift if you are sure that you can trust the recipient. In this witty and infectious book, Madsen Pirie provides a complete guide to usingÔÇöand indeed abusingÔÇölogic in order to win arguments. He identifies with devastating examples all the most common fallacies popularly used in arguments. We all like to think of ourselves as clear-headed and logicalÔÇöbut all readers will find in this book fallacies of which they themselves are guilty. The author shows you how to simultaneously strengthen your own thinking and identify the weaknesses in other people arguments. And, more mischievously, Pirie also shows how to be deliberately illogicalÔÇöand get away with it! This book will make you maddeningly smart: your family, friends and opponents will all wish that you had never read it. The book includes entries on: ÔÇó Affirming the consequent ÔÇó Blinding with science ÔÇó Conclusion which denies premises ÔÇó Emotional appeals ÔÇó The Exception that proves the rule ÔÇó Half-concealed qualification ÔÇó Poisoning the well ÔÇó Positive conclusion from negative premise ÔÇó Shifting the burden of proof ÔÇó Trivial questions ÔÇó Wishful thinking > ### Review "This book is, unfortunately, out of print and used copies are difficult to find, but it is the only single volume that covers logical fallacies in general, formal as well as informal" (www.fallacyfiles.org/logifall.html). 'an entertaining...idea' *Nottingham Evening Post*, 29/07/2006 'Armed with this book, we can go fearlessly into verbal combat...knowing how to muster our arguments and showing the fallacies in theirs...make a space for this on your shelves too. You never know when you may need it.' ~ DMJ, *The Ark*, Spring 2007 "A great book that is challenging, fun and argumentative and one that really makes you think about how best to formulate a logical argument...or better yet, an illogical argument." Publishing News, June 2007 (*Publishing News*) Title mention in the **Law Society Journal, December 2006** 'A sharp and funny account of how to out-talk other people....by fair means a foul.' Chris Powling, Classic FM Book Reviews, Dec 2007 ### About the Author MADSEN PIRIE is President of the Adam Smith Institute and author of numerous books including *Boost Your IQ* and *The Sherlock Holmes IQ Book*. He was formerly Distinguished Visiting Professor of Philosophy and Logic at Hillsdale College, Michigan, USA. He appears regularly as an expert on CNN and BBC television. |
