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As someone who hates fallacies, I loved this book. Amazing read and a great gift for the folks in your life that love to use strawmen and other logical fallacies to debate.
Love it!
Love it!
Given that I was looking for a book that would summarize different logical fallacies, this is exactly what I needed. It was great in that it seemed to cover quite a bit, was concise (as it promised) and well illustrated with some beautiful examples.
In the introduction, however, I think there were a couple of errors and parts of the book are a little unclear, despite the examples. Many of the different fallacies seem similar or share many aspects as well.
Would love to discuss this book with an expert in the field.
In the introduction, however, I think there were a couple of errors and parts of the book are a little unclear, despite the examples. Many of the different fallacies seem similar or share many aspects as well.
Would love to discuss this book with an expert in the field.
In my opinion, this is a very relevant book during election years. It is available at https://bookofbadarguments.com/ for a free read, but you can also buy it.
I love the pictures that go along with the types of bad arguments. Aside from assigning names to the bad arguments, it's not really new ground for me. I like to imagine that I utilize logic and common sense enough to avoid these types of arguments and recognize them coming from others.
I'd love for everyone who posts their opinions on Facebook to read this before posting. It won't happen.
I love the pictures that go along with the types of bad arguments. Aside from assigning names to the bad arguments, it's not really new ground for me. I like to imagine that I utilize logic and common sense enough to avoid these types of arguments and recognize them coming from others.
I'd love for everyone who posts their opinions on Facebook to read this before posting. It won't happen.
Definitely worth reading, though it does seem to gloss over certain areas. I'm not sure that it's terribly beginner friendly and couldn't bring it into my classes without some additional explanation and background.
Update upon second reading: having read this alongside a more academic source on the fallacies, it was useful for clarification when necessary but definitely not a good solitary source. Some of the illustrations aren't actually using the fallacies they're paired with, they only make jokes about them which can go right over the head of a reader who has selected this book to be their primary guide.
Update upon second reading: having read this alongside a more academic source on the fallacies, it was useful for clarification when necessary but definitely not a good solitary source. Some of the illustrations aren't actually using the fallacies they're paired with, they only make jokes about them which can go right over the head of a reader who has selected this book to be their primary guide.
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This was fun and informative. Plus I love the illustrations! This is something I’ll probably read over and over again. So much learning.
This is a good book. No arguments. I will read it again, in fact I can read it anytime. Each chapter takes at most 5 min.
I wanted to love this. The illustrations are so dear, and the captions for each illustration make sense, but a lot of the text itself is muddled. The examples chosen weren't always the best to illustrate the topic fallacy. That said, the book is appealing and easy to read; I'm going to try to pawn it off on my visiting tween nephews as a starting point for thinking about logical reasoning.
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An informative and straightforward read on logical fallacies that we're bound to come across whether in our daily lives or in the media. Written by Ali Almossawi's and illustrated by Alejandro Giraldo, An Illustrated Book of Bad Arguments was an amusing read to help strengthen critical reasoning skills through an introduction to common pitfalls that occur in defence of rationalization. I found the no true scotsman and slippery slope fallacy to be my favourite.
An informative and straightforward read on logical fallacies that we're bound to come across whether in our daily lives or in the media. Written by Ali Almossawi's and illustrated by Alejandro Giraldo, An Illustrated Book of Bad Arguments was an amusing read to help strengthen critical reasoning skills through an introduction to common pitfalls that occur in defence of rationalization. I found the no true scotsman and slippery slope fallacy to be my favourite.