The Amazing Dr. Ransom's Bestiary of Adorable Fallacies, Paperback/Douglas J. Wilson
Descriere
Stymied and stumped by arguments that wrap around you like web of mystification? The Amazing Dr. Ransom's Bestiary of Adorable Fallacies is here to help This ``Field Guide for Clear Thinkers`` is filled with illustrations, descriptions, exercises, and analysis to help you identify and avoid fallacies you might encounter in everyday life. Describing fifty informal fallacies organized by context--- fallacies of distraction, ambiguity, form, and ``millennial fallacies``--- each is described as a (adorable yet venomous) creature one might encounter in the wild, complete with illustration and fantastical description. This book is perfect for supplementing any high school or college logic curriculum . . . or as an independent read for adults who want to learn more about logic Each fallacy is followed by discussion questions and exercises; a line-listed answer key and both one and two-semester schedules are included in the back of the book. 320 pages, softcover. High School-Adult.