{"product_id":"an-illustrated-book-of-bad-arguments","title":"An Illustrated Book of Bad Arguments","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e“This short book makes you smarter than 99% of the population. . . . The concepts within it will increase your company's ‘organizational intelligence.’. . . It’s more than just a must-read, it’s a ‘have-to-read-or-you’re-fired’ book”—Geoffrey James, INC.com       \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eAn Illustrated Book of Loaded Language, \u003c\/i\u003ehere’s the antidote to fuzzy thinking, with furry animals!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHave you read (or stumbled into) one too many irrational online debates? Ali Almossawi certainly had, so he wrote \u003ci\u003eAn Illustrated Book of Bad Arguments\u003c\/i\u003e! This handy guide is here to bring the internet age a much-needed dose of old-school logic (really old-school, \u003ci\u003ea la\u003c\/i\u003e Aristotle).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHere are cogent explanations of the \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003estraw man\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e fallacy, the \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eslippery slope\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e argument, the \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003ead hominem\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e attack, and other common attempts at reasoning that actually fall short—plus a beautifully drawn menagerie of animals who (adorably) commit every logical \u003ci\u003efaux pas\u003c\/i\u003e. Rabbit thinks a strange light in the sky \u003ci\u003emust\u003c\/i\u003e be a UFO because no one can prove otherwise (\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003ethe appeal to ignorance\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e). And Lion doesn’t believe that gas emissions harm the planet because, if that \u003ci\u003ewere\u003c\/i\u003e true, he wouldn’t like the result (the \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eargument from consequences\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOnce you learn to recognize these abuses of reason, they start to crop up everywhere from congressional debate to YouTube comments—which makes this geek-chic book a \u003ci\u003emust\u003c\/i\u003e for anyone in the habit of holding opinions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Workman Publishing","offers":[{"title":"9781615192250","offer_id":22021720135,"sku":"9781615192250","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"9781615192267","offer_id":31383908490,"sku":"9781615192267","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1210\/1100\/products\/9781615192267-optimized.jpg?v=1670908241","url":"https:\/\/workman-feed-prod.myshopify.com\/products\/an-illustrated-book-of-bad-arguments","provider":"zzz_Workman Publishing","version":"1.0","type":"link"}