Cart
Free US shipping over $10
Proud to be B-Corp

How to Win Every Argument Madsen Pirie

How to Win Every Argument By Madsen Pirie

How to Win Every Argument by Madsen Pirie


$35.99
Condition - Very Good
6 in stock

Summary

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.

How to Win Every Argument Summary

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

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.

About Madsen Pirie

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.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements; Introduction; Abusive analogy; Accent; Accident; Affirming the consequent; Amphiboly; The analogical fallcy; Antiquitam, argumentum ad; Apriorism; Baculum, argumentum ad; Bifurcation; Blinding with science; The bogus dilemma; Circulus in probando; The complex question (plurium interrogationum); Composition; Concealed quantification; Conclusion which denies premises. Contradictory premises; Crumenam, argumentum ad; Cum hoc ergo propter hoc; Damining the alternatives; Definitional retreat; Denying the antecedent; Dicto simpliciter; Division; Emotional appeals; Equivocation; Every schoolboy knows; The exception that proves the rule; Exclusive premises; The existential fallacy; Ex post facto statistics; Extensional pruning; False conversion; False precision; The gambler's Fallacy; The genetic Fallacy; Half-concealed qualification; Hedging; Hominem (abusive), argumentum ad; Hominem (circumstantial), argumentum ad; Ignoratio elenchi; Illicit process; Irrelevant humour; Lapidem, argumentum ad; Lazarum, argumentum ad; Loaded words; Misericordiam, argumentum ad; Nauseam, argumentum ad; Non-anticipation; Novitam, argumentum ad; Numeram, argumentum ad; One-sided assessment; Petitio principii; Poisoning the well; Populam, argumentum ad; Positive conclusion from negative premise; Post hoc ergo propter hoc; Quaternio terminorum; The red herring; Refuting the example; Reification; Secundum quid; Shifting ground; Shifting the burden of proof; Special pleading; The straw man; Temperantiam, argumentum ad; Trivial questions; Tu quoque; Unaccepted enthymemes; The undistributed middle; Unobtainable perfection; Verecundiam, argumentum ad; Wishful thinking; Classification of fallacies; Suggested reading.

Additional information

GOR002100983
9780826490063
0826490069
How to Win Every Argument: The Use and Abuse of Logic by Madsen Pirie
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
2006-03-30
192
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

Customer Reviews - How to Win Every Argument