How to Win Every Argument: The Use and Abuse of Logic

bfont face=Arial color=#231f20 size=1 /font/b div align=leftbfont face=Arial color=#231f20 size=1Publisher's warning: /font/bfont face=Arial color=#231f20 size=1In the wrong hands this book is dangerous. We recommend that you arm yourself with it whilst keeping it out of the hands of others. Only buy this book as a gift if you are sure that you can trust the recipient. /font/div div align=left /div div align=leftfont face=Arial color=#231f20 size=1In this witty and infectious book, Madsen Pirie provides a complete guide to using—and indeed abusing—logic in order to win arguments. He identifies with devastating examples all the most common fallacies popularly used in arguments. We all like to think of ourselves as clear-headed and logical—but all readers will find in this book fallacies of which they themselves are guilty. The author shows you how to simultaneously strengthen your own thinking and identify the weaknesses in other people arguments. And, more mischievously, Pirie also shows how to be deliberately illogical—and get away with it! This book will make you maddeningly smart: your family, friends and opponents will all wish that you had never read it./font/div div /divfont face=Arial color=#231f20 size=1 /font div align=leftfont face=Arial color=#231f20 size=1The book includes entries on:br/fontfont face=Arial size=1• /fontfont face=Arial color=#231f20 size=1Affirming the consequent/font/divfont face=Arial size=1 /font div align=leftfont face=Arial size=1• /fontfont face=Arial color=#231f20 size=1Blinding with sciencebr/fontfont face=Arial size=1• /fontfont face=Arial color=#231f20 size=1Conclusion which denies premises/font/div div align=leftfont face=Arial size=1• /fontfont face=Arial color=#231f20 size=1Emotional appeals/font/div div align=leftfont face=Arial size=1• /fontfont face=Arial color=#231f20 size=1The Exception that proves the rule/font/div div align=leftfont face=Arial size=1• /fontfont face=Arial color=#231f20 size=1Half-concealed qualification/font/div div align=leftfont face=Arial size=1• /fontfont face=Arial color=#231f20 size=1Poisoning the well/font/div div align=leftfont face=Arial size=1• /fontfont face=Arial color=#231f20 size=1Positive conclusion from negative premise/font/div div align=leftfont face=Arial size=1• /fontfont face=Arial color=#231f20 size=1Shifting the burden of proof/font/div div align=leftfont face=Arial size=1• /fontfont face=Arial color=#231f20 size=1Trivial questions/font divfont face=Arial size=1• /fontfont face=Arial color=#231f20 size=1Wishful thinking/font/div/div