Informal Logical Fallacies (eBook)

A Brief Guide

Jacob E. Van Vleet (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2021 | Revised Edition
134 Seiten
Hamilton Books (Verlag)
978-0-7618-7254-2 (ISBN)

Infos

Critical thinking is now needed more than ever. This accessible and engaging book provides the necessary tools to question and challenge the discourse that surrounds uswhether in the media, the classroom, or everyday conversation. Additionally, it offers readers a deeper understanding of the foundations of analytical thought. Informal Logical Fallacies: A Brief Guide is a systematic and concise introduction to more than fifty fallacies, from anthropomorphism and argumentum ad baculum, to reductionism and the slippery slope argument. This revised edition includes updated examples, exercises, and a new chapter on non-Western logical fallacies. With helpful definitions and relevant explanations, the author guides the reader through the realms of fallacious reasoning and deceptive rhetoric. This is an essential guide to philosophical reflection and clear thinking.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 29.1.2021
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Logik
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Sprachphilosophie
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik
• Schlagworte: critical thinking • Educational assessment • Educational Psychology • Fallacies • Logic • Logical Fallacies • Philosophy • Philosophy of Language • Philosophy of logic • rhetoric
• ISBN-10: 0-7618-7254-X / 076187254X
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7618-7254-2 / 9780761872542