ABSTRACT
What is ‘humpty-dumptying’? Do ‘arguments from analogy’ ever stand up? How do I know when someone is using ‘weasel words’? What’s the difference between a ‘red herring’ and a ‘straw man’?
This superb book, now in its third edition, will help anyone who wants to argue well and think critically. Using witty and topical examples, this fully-updated edition includes many new entries and updates the whole text. New entries include:
- Principle of Charity
- Lawyer’s Answer
- Least Worst Option
- Poisoning the Well
- Sentimentality
- Sunk Cost Fallacy
- Weasel Words
- ‘You would say that wouldn’t you’.
Thinking from A to Z may not help you win every argument, but it will definitely give you the power to tell a good one from a bad one.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
letter |22 pages
A
letter |9 pages
B
letter |14 pages
C
letter |9 pages
D
letter |11 pages
E
letter |4 pages
F
letter |5 pages
G
letter |3 pages
H
letter |7 pages
I
letter |2 pages
J
letter |2 pages
K
letter |4 pages
L
letter |2 pages
M
letter |5 pages
N
letter |2 pages
O
letter |11 pages
P
letter |1 pages
Q
letter |6 pages
R
letter |14 pages
S
letter |8 pages
T
letter |2 pages
U
letter |5 pages
V
letter |2 pages
W
letter |2 pages
Y
letter |2 pages
Z