How to Win Every Argument: The Use and Abuse of Logic - Hardcover

Pirie, Madsen

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0826490069 ISBN 13: 9780826490063

Publisher: Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd., 2006

Synopsis

This is the book your friends will wish you hadn't read, a witty and infectious guide to arguing successfully. Each entry 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. Originally published to great acclaim in 1985 as "The Book of Fallacy", this is a classic brought up-to-date for a whole new generation.

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Review

'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

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.

Edition details

• Publisher: Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0826490069
• ISBN 13: 9780826490063
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 192