Come avere sempre ragione

I was disappointed in this book. While I have some background in logic it’s in rather selective topics so I thought a book like this that was targeting beginners would be useful but, while not difficult, this books isn’t particularly accessible. It’s organized as an alphabetical list of the differe Leggi tutto

I am planning to re-read this. This book is basically an alphabetical list of all mainstream tricks and pitfalls skilled arguers use to get their points accros. Plenty of examples are provided throughout that make the concepts stick. But way too much info in one book; definitely will have another go. Leggi tutto

Very good source of information, and had some genuinely awesome insights. It was, however, a bit too dry, and often read like a highly structured textbook, which made it difficult to read for longer than 10 minutes at a time.

I came across this book by accident at a Barnes & Noble in Bakersfield. It looked interesting, so I picked it up. I study logic and philosophy, and teach it to homeschool kids, so I thought this might be a book that illustrates these fallacies in an entertaining way. Unfortunately, as I read through Leggi tutto

The book is an A-Z of fallacies people make while putting forward arguments listed by their Latin title. Each fallacy is described with examples and things to look out for when they are being committed. Once you have read this book you'll find yourself spotting the fallacies all the time when chatti Leggi tutto

Montreal Freethinkers Book Club pick for this September 2013. I found it in pdf online and thought it sounded interesting. It was okay. I think I would have preferred if the fallacies were listed by category rather than alphabetically to better illustrate the subtle. difference between some of them. Leggi tutto

One of the best technical books on logic and fallacy, I enjoyed reading this book, although most of the fallacies introduced in this book are from Western logic, but they can also be used in Eastern. I recommend this for philosophy students, and mostly for critics writing. It helps to understand the Leggi tutto

This book gives a good description of all fallacies concerning logic. It is thorough but not at all dry. The author is good at distinguishing fine differences that might easily be confused. The examples are also humorous and down-to-earth.

Một số ngụy biện được liệt kê khá hay và thú vị, nhưng có một vài ngụy biện có lẽ quá lủng củng để gọi là ngụy biện

The content of the book is good. Madsen Pirie managed to explain the different fallacies commonly found in arguments do the the soundness of the logic contained. A lot of different types of logical fallacies were explained, and they were really interesting. Madsen included witty examples, sometimes