Thinking from A to Z - Softcover

Warburton, Nigel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0415433711 ISBN 13: 9780415433716

Publisher: Routledge, 2007

Synopsis

What is ‘humpty-dumptying’? Do ‘arguments from analogy’ ever stand up? How do I know when someone is using ‘weasel words’? What’s the difference between a ‘red herring’ and a ‘straw man’?

This superb book, now in its third edition, will help anyone who wants to argue well and think critically. Using witty and topical examples, this fully-updated edition includes many new entries and updates the whole text. New entries include:

• Principle of Charity
• Lawyer’s Answer
• Least Worst Option
• Poisoning the Well
• Sentimentality
• Sunk Cost Fallacy
• Weasel Words
• ‘You would say that wouldn’t you’.

Thinking from A to Z may not help you win every argument, but it will definitely give you the power to tell a good one from a bad one.

About this title

Product Description:

Thinking from A to Z

About the Author:

Nigel Warburton is Senior Lecturer at The Open University and a bestselling author. His other books include Philosophy: The Basics, fourth edition, Philosophy: The Classics, third edition, Philosophy: The Essential Study Guide, The Art Question and Freedom, all published by Routledge.

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0415433711
• ISBN 13: 9780415433716
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 176