The Fallacy Detective: Thirty-Eight Lessons on How to Recognize Bad Reasoning

The Fallacy Detective: Thirty-Eight Lessons on How to Recognize Bad Reasoning

2009 Edition: More Fallacies, More Cartoons.<P> What is a fallacy? A fallacy is an error in logic -- a place where someone has made a mistake in his thinking.<P> 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.<P> This is an easy book for learning to spot common errors in reasoning.<P> For ages twelve through adult.<P> Fun to use -- learn skills you can use right away.<P> Exercises with answer key.<P> Covers logical fallacies and propaganda techniques.<P> Peanuts, Dilbert, and Calvin and Hobbes cartoons.<P> Includes The Fallacy Detective Game.<P> 2009 Edition introduces the special pleading and slippery slope fallacies and includes many new illustrations.