| Crimes Against Logic: Exposing the Bogus Arguments of Politicians, Priests, Journalists, and Other Serial Offenders (NTC Reference)
By Jamie Whyte
ISBN: 9780071446433 UPC: 639785416821
Published: 2004
Number of Pages: 157
Edition: 1st
Binding: Paperback |
Pricing & Availability:Additional Details:
Product Type: Book
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
Description: Uncover the truth under all the BS In the daily battle for our hearts and minds--not to mention our hard-earned cash--the truth is usually the first casualty. It's time we learned how to see through the rhetoric, faulty reasoning, and misinformation that we're subjected to from morning to night by talk-radio hosts, op-ed columnists, advertisers, self-help gurus, business "thinkers," and, of course, politicians. And no one is better equipped to show us how than award-winning philosopher Jamie Whyte. In Crimes Against Logic Whyte take us on a fast-paced, ruthlessly funny romp through the mulligan stew of can, folderol, and bogus logic served up in the media, at the office, and even in your own home. Applying his laserlike wit to dozens of timely examples, Whyte cuts through the haze of facts, figures, and double-talk and gets at the real truth behind what they're telling us. "An incisive philosopher."--Sunday Telegraph (20031129) |
Library of Congress Control Number
- LC control Number:
2004053941 - LC control Number:
2004053941International Standard Book Number:
0071446435Library of Congress Call Number
- Classification number:
BC175 - Item number:
.W45 2004 - Item number:
.W45 2005Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- Edition number:
22 - Classification number:
160Main Entry - Personal Name
- Personal name:
Whyte, Jamie.Title Statement
- Title:
Crimes against logic : - Remainder of title:
exposing the bogus arguments of politicians, priests, journalists, and other serial offenders / - Statement of responsibility, etc.:
Jamie Whyte.Publication, Distribution, etc. (Imprint)
- Place of publication, distribution, etc.:
New York : - Name of publisher, distribution, etc.:
McGraw-Hill, - Date of publication, distribution, etc.:
c2004. - Date of publication, distribution, etc.:
c2005.Physical Description
- Extent:
xi, 157 p. : - Extent:
xi, 157 p. ; - Other physical details:
ill. ; - Dimensions:
18 cm.General Note:
Originally published as: Bad thoughts. London : Corvo, 2003.:
Rev. ed. of: Bad thoughts.:
US ed. of Bad thoughts. It contains the same text with US focused examples.Bibliography, etc. Note
- Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references.Formatted Contents Note:
The right to your opinion -- Motives -- Authority -- Prejudice in fancy dress -- Shut up! -- Empty words -- Inconsistency -- Equivocation -- Begging the question -- Coincidence -- Shocking statistics -- Morality fever.Subject Added Entry - Topical Term
- Topical term or geographic name entry element:
Fallacies (Logic) - Topical term or geographic name entry element:
Fallacies (Logic).Added Entry - Personal Name
- Materials specified:
Bad thoughts. - Personal name:
Whyte, Jamie. - Title of a work:
- Title of a work:
Bad thoughts.