{"product_id":"illustrated-book-of-bad-arguments","title":"Illustrated Book of Bad Arguments","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eIllustrated Book of Bad Arguments\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eAli Almossawi\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9781615192250\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eThe Experiment\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2014\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003eHardcover\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eIllustrated\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e64\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eExcellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the author of \u003cem\u003eAn Illustrated Book of Loaded Language, \u003c\/em\u003e here's the antidote to fuzzy thinking, with furry animals!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHave you read (or stumbled into) one too many irrational online debates? Ali Almossawi certainly had, so he wrote \u003cem\u003eAn Illustrated Book of Bad Arguments\u003c\/em\u003e! This handy guide is here to bring the internet age a much-needed dose of old-school logic (really old-school, \u003cem\u003ea la\u003c\/em\u003e Aristotle).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHere are cogent explanations of the \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003estraw man\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e fallacy, the \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eslippery slope\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e argument, the \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ead hominem\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e attack, and other common attempts at reasoning that actually fall short--plus a beautifully drawn menagerie of animals who (adorably) commit every logical \u003cem\u003efaux pas\u003c\/em\u003e. Rabbit thinks a strange light in the sky \u003cem\u003emust\u003c\/em\u003e be a UFO because no one can prove otherwise (\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ethe appeal to ignorance\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e). And Lion doesn't believe that gas emissions harm the planet because, if that \u003cem\u003ewere\u003c\/em\u003e true, he wouldn't like the result (the \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eargument from consequences\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOnce you learn to recognize these abuses of reason, they start to crop up everywhere from congressional debate to YouTube comments--which makes this geek-chic book a \u003cem\u003emust\u003c\/em\u003e for anyone in the habit of holding opinions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"The Experiment","offers":[{"title":"Illustrated Book of Bad Arguments | Ali Almossawi | Hardcover | 9781615192250 | Used: Like New | Philosophy 1782358 (temp: 7)","offer_id":50527833227416,"sku":"1782358","price":5.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/91qHpio57vL.jpg?v=1790309347","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/illustrated-book-of-bad-arguments","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}