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3.72 AVERAGE
3.72 AVERAGE
Arguing and disagreements seem to be an inescapable part of life these days but have you ever stopped to wonder how much of an argument is factual and how much of it is psychological?
An illustrated book of bad arguments explores the numerous different ways people, both consciously and subconsciously, dictate and manipulate arguments. It does an amazing job of describing both in words and illustrations the ineffective and in-factual ways people manipulate the conversation to sway things in their favor.
Not only will you learn to spot these behaviors in others and yourself, but you will be provided with the tools to combat these forms of tactics in every day conversation. Professional arguments and debates are not impossible, but they are improbable unless more people begin to question and recognize toxic ways of engaging in disagreements.
The illustrations are simple and yet beautiful; the words are simple yet concise. Young and old will be able to take away an important lesson from this book.
10/10 would recommend this book to just about anyone. I think it deserves to be required reading.
An illustrated book of bad arguments explores the numerous different ways people, both consciously and subconsciously, dictate and manipulate arguments. It does an amazing job of describing both in words and illustrations the ineffective and in-factual ways people manipulate the conversation to sway things in their favor.
Not only will you learn to spot these behaviors in others and yourself, but you will be provided with the tools to combat these forms of tactics in every day conversation. Professional arguments and debates are not impossible, but they are improbable unless more people begin to question and recognize toxic ways of engaging in disagreements.
The illustrations are simple and yet beautiful; the words are simple yet concise. Young and old will be able to take away an important lesson from this book.
10/10 would recommend this book to just about anyone. I think it deserves to be required reading.
informative
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fast-paced
A fun primer on the types of faulty logic/poor reasoning. I call this a primer because it catalogs & describes the various bad arguments, but does not really teach how to formulate good ones.
Still, the examples are entertaining and the pictures are amusing.
Still, the examples are entertaining and the pictures are amusing.
This is definitely a book I'm going to recommend to the English teachers in my department. I think it'd be an interesting way to introduce logical fallacies.
nicely illustrated book but in some cases the analogies wasn't very clear
I happened across this book by accident at a bookstore and thought it was a really cute way of explaining some basic logical fallacies. Since I have a bad memory for those sorts of things, I popped it on my wishlist and got it as a gift for my birthday.
It is 100% as cute as my impression and does seem to be a useful little book, particularly for someone who like me who knows the basic fallacies, but tends to forget what the damned things are called. If you're looking for an intro book, though, this might not be the best one. Even though the illustrations are adorable, the text reads like something right out of a textbook and usually only has one good example. So... Not really a great basic primer for someone more "visual" as the book claims. And if you already know this stuff, this book is pretty much useless.
So, cute and an adorable premise, but honestly, the text could use some work.
It is 100% as cute as my impression and does seem to be a useful little book, particularly for someone who like me who knows the basic fallacies, but tends to forget what the damned things are called. If you're looking for an intro book, though, this might not be the best one. Even though the illustrations are adorable, the text reads like something right out of a textbook and usually only has one good example. So... Not really a great basic primer for someone more "visual" as the book claims. And if you already know this stuff, this book is pretty much useless.
So, cute and an adorable premise, but honestly, the text could use some work.
It was cute. I thought that the words did a much better job of portraying the bad arguments than the illustrations did.
Good, quick, entertaining review/introduction to logical fallacies. I plan on using bits in my teaching of rhetoric to HS students. I love the chart at the beginning and the categorization at the bottom of each page (Ex. Informal Fallacy > Red Herring > Genetic Fallacy > Ad Hominem > Appeal to Hypocrisy).
I wish there was more/clearer differentiating between similar fallacies (Ex. ad Hominem vs. generic fallacy) and a small percentage of the illustrations were more confusing than helpful.
I wish there was more/clearer differentiating between similar fallacies (Ex. ad Hominem vs. generic fallacy) and a small percentage of the illustrations were more confusing than helpful.
Nice and concise introduction to some logical fallacies, with cute illustrations.