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3.72 AVERAGE
3.72 AVERAGE
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.
so many arguments today are riddled with fallacies. I wish more people would read books like this. It was the last book I read in 2019 and makes me want to revisit logic
Rather insightful list on fallacies used when arguing. While I've known many of these thanks to a Critical Reasoning class a decade ago, I didn't remember the names for most of these argument types. I do however think it was a great piece and should be read by many. Is it an introduction? Not at all. Will it stop people from using these arguments? Not in the least. But at least I have something to refer people to when bad arguments are provided. It'll make my life easier--that's for sure.
4/5
4/5
funny
informative
fast-paced