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| How to Win Every Argument: The Use and Abuse of Logic / Madsen Pirie
(2007)
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| Book Details |
| Subject |
Logic/Rhetoric |
| Pub Date |
November 2007 |
| Nr of Pages |
182 |
| Format (size) |
Paperback (19.4cm x 12.8cm) |
| Publisher |
Continuum |
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| Maine Masonic College Notes |
| As Masons, we might be a bit skittish about reading a book with this title. It's really not about having one's own way, is it? However, what this book does do is help us to think more clearly and cleanly how certain discussions are far more emotional than they need be - and how we can use logic in our daily lives. It's worth the read, Brethren! ~Ed King |
| Summary |
| 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 argument. 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's 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. |
| Puchase Details |
| MMC Rating |
9 |
| Cover Price |
$15.95 |
| Buy Here: |
Amazon US
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