The Fallacy Detective The Fallacy Detective

The Fallacy Detective

Thirty-Eight Lessons on How to Recognize Bad Reasoning

Hans Bluedorn and Others
    • $14.99

Publisher Description

What is a fallacy? A fallacy is an error in logic -  a place where someone has made a mistake in his thinking.


“A cloud is 90% water. A watermelon is 90% water. Therefore, since a plane can fly through a cloud, a plane can fly through a watermelon.”


This is a handy book for learning to spot common errors in reasoning. 


-Covers logical fallacies and propaganda techniques.

-Fun to use — learn skills you can use right away.

-For ages 12 through adult

-Exercises with answer key

-Includes “The Fallacy Detective Game”

-Includes Calvin and Hobbes, Dilbert, and Peanuts cartoons.

  • GENRE
    Non-Fiction
    RELEASED
    2009
    20 September
    LANGUAGE
    EN
    English
    LENGTH
    212
    Pages
    PUBLISHER
    Christian Logic
    SELLER
    Christian Logic Inc.
    SIZE
    7.4
    MB
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