Appeal to Popular Opinion - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Appeal to Popular Opinion write by Douglas Walton. This book was released on 2010-11-01. Appeal to Popular Opinion available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Appeal to Pity
Appeal to Pity - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Appeal to Pity write by Douglas Walton. This book was released on 2016-02-24. Appeal to Pity available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Appeal to pity has frequently been exploited with amazing success as a deceptive tactic of argumentation, so much so that it has traditionally been treated as a fallacy. Using a case study method, the author examines examples of appeals to pity and compassion in real arguments in order to classify, analyze, and evaluate the types of arguments used in these appeals. Among the cases studied are the controversial use of "poster kids" in the Jerry Lewis Telethon for Muscular Dystrophy and the "baby incubators story" deployed by a public relations firm to influence the decision to send U.S. forces into Kuwait during the Gulf War. In addition to the analyses of these and other case studies, this book provides, for the first time, precise guidelines and useful criteria with which to identify, analyze, and evaluate instances of the ad misericordiam argument.
Bad Arguments
Bad Arguments - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Bad Arguments write by Robert Arp. This book was released on 2018-10-29. Bad Arguments available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A timely and accessible guide to 100 of the most infamous logical fallacies in Western philosophy, helping readers avoid and detect false assumptions and faulty reasoning You’ll love this book or you’ll hate it. So, you’re either with us or against us. And if you’re against us then you hate books. No true intellectual would hate this book. Ever decide to avoid a restaurant because of one bad meal? Choose a product because a celebrity endorsed it? Or ignore what a politician says because she’s not a member of your party? For as long as people have been discussing, conversing, persuading, advocating, proselytizing, pontificating, or otherwise stating their case, their arguments have been vulnerable to false assumptions and faulty reasoning. Drawing upon a long history of logical falsehoods and philosophical flubs, Bad Arguments demonstrates how misguided arguments come to be, and what we can do to detect them in the rhetoric of others and avoid using them ourselves. Fallacies—or conclusions that don’t follow from their premise—are at the root of most bad arguments, but it can be easy to stumble into a fallacy without realizing it. In this clear and concise guide to good arguments gone bad, Robert Arp, Steven Barbone, and Michael Bruce take readers through 100 of the most infamous fallacies in Western philosophy, identifying the most common missteps, pitfalls, and dead-ends of arguments gone awry. Whether an instance of sunk costs, is ought, affirming the consequent, moving the goal post, begging the question, or the ever-popular slippery slope, each fallacy engages with examples drawn from contemporary politics, economics, media, and popular culture. Further diagrams and tables supplement entries and contextualize common errors in logical reasoning. At a time in our world when it is crucial to be able to identify and challenge rhetorical half-truths, this bookhelps readers to better understand flawed argumentation and develop logical literacy. Unrivaled in its breadth of coverage and a worthy companion to its sister volume Just the Arguments (2011), Bad Arguments is an essential tool for undergraduate students and general readers looking to hone their critical thinking and rhetorical skills.
The Place of Emotion in Argument
The Place of Emotion in Argument - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Place of Emotion in Argument write by Douglas Walton. This book was released on 2010-11-01. The Place of Emotion in Argument available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Logically Fallacious
Logically Fallacious - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Logically Fallacious write by Bo Bennett. This book was released on 2012-02-19. Logically Fallacious available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book is a crash course in effective reasoning, meant to catapult you into a world where you start to see things how they really are, not how you think they are. The focus of this book is on logical fallacies, which loosely defined, are simply errors in reasoning. With the reading of each page, you can make significant improvements in the way you reason and make decisions. Logically Fallacious is one of the most comprehensive collections of logical fallacies with all original examples and easy to understand descriptions, perfect for educators, debaters, or anyone who wants to improve his or her reasoning skills. "Expose an irrational belief, keep a person rational for a day. Expose irrational thinking, keep a person rational for a lifetime." - Bo Bennett This 2021 Edition includes dozens of more logical fallacies with many updated examples.
