How to Win Every Argument: The Use and Abuse of Logic by Madsen Pirie 2006 PDF {SPirate}

How to Win Every Argument: The Use and Abuse of Logic by Madsen Pirie 2006 PDF {SPirate}



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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 using-and indeed abusing-logic 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 logical-but 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 illogical-and 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:
Affirming the consequent
Blinding with science
Conclusion which denies premises
Emotional appeals
The Exception that proves the rule
Half-concealed qualification
Poisoning the well
Positive conclusion from negative premise
Shifting the burden of proof
Trivial questions
Wishful thinking




About the author (2006)

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.






Title How to Win Every Argument: The Use and Abuse of Logic
Author Madsen Pirie

ISBN 144113526X, 9781441135261
Length 192 pages
Subjects Philosophy
› General


Philosophy / General
Philosophy / Logic