{"product_id":"being-logical-a-guide-to-good-thinking","title":"Being Logical: A Guide to Good Thinking","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eBeing Logical: A Guide to Good Thinking\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eArtist or Composer: \u003c\/b\u003eD Q McInerny\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eUPC: \u003c\/b\u003e9780812971156\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLabel: \u003c\/b\u003eRandom House Trade Paperbacks\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReleased: \u003c\/b\u003e2005\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003e33260th\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e160\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition: \u003c\/b\u003eUsed Copy\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn essential tool for our post-truth world: a witty primer on logic--and the dangers of illogical thinking--by a renowned Notre Dame professor\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Logic is synonymous with reason, judgment, sense, wisdom, and sanity. Being\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003elogical is the ability to create concise and reasoned arguments--arguments that build from given premises, using evidence, to a genuine conclusion. But mastering logical thinking also requires studying and understanding illogical thinking, both to sharpen one's own skills and to protect against incoherent, or deliberately misleading, reasoning. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Elegant, pithy, and precise, \u003ci\u003eBeing Logical\u003c\/i\u003e breaks logic down to its essentials through clear analysis, accessible examples, and focused insights. D. Q. McInerney covers the sources of illogical thinking, from naïve optimism to narrow-mindedness, before dissecting the various tactics--red herrings, diversions, and simplistic reasoning--the illogical use in place of effective reasoning. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e An indispensable guide to using logic to advantage in everyday life, this is a concise, crisply readable book. Written explicitly for the layperson, McInerny's \u003ci\u003eBeing Logical\u003c\/i\u003e promises to take its place beside Strunk and White's \u003ci\u003eThe Elements of Style\u003c\/i\u003e as a classic of lucid, invaluable advice. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eBeing Logical\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Highly readable . . . D. Q. McInerny offers an introduction to symbolic logic in plain English, so you can finally be clear on what is deductive reasoning and what is inductive. And you'll see how deductive arguments are constructed.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eDetroit Free Press\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"McInerny's explanatory outline of sound thinking will be eminently beneficial to expository writers, debaters, and public speakers.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Given the shortage of logical thinking, \u003cbr\u003e And the fact that mankind is adrift, if not sinking, \u003cbr\u003e It is vital that all of us learn to think straight.\u003cbr\u003e And this small book by D.Q. McInerny is great.\u003cbr\u003e It follows therefore since we so badly need it, \u003cbr\u003e Everybody should not only but it, but read it.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e--Charles Osgood\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Random House Trade Paperbacks","offers":[{"title":"Being Logical: A Guide to Good Thinking | D Q McInerny | Paperback | 9780812971156 | Used: Like New | Back Stacks H 1748671","offer_id":48856136450200,"sku":"1748671","price":8.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/71N3j1Dnd-L.jpg?v=1771928712","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/being-logical-a-guide-to-good-thinking","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}