The Thinker's Guide to Fallacies
The Art of Mental Trickery and Manipulation
By (author) Richard Paul, Linda Elder The Foundation for Critical Thinking
Publication date:
01 January 2012Length of book:
58 pagesPublisher
The Foundation for Critical ThinkingDimensions:
203x133mm5x8"
ISBN-13: 9780944583272
The Thinker’s Guide to Fallacies introduces the concept of mental trickery and shows readers how to discern and see through forty-four different types of fallacies. Focusing on how human self-deception and manipulation lie behind fallacies, this guide builds reasoning skills and promotes fairminded, logical thought, discussions, and debate.
As part of the Thinker’s Guide Library, this book advances the mission of the Foundation for Critical Thinking to promote fair-minded critical societies through cultivating essential intellectual abilities and virtues across every field of study across world.
As part of the Thinker’s Guide Library, this book advances the mission of the Foundation for Critical Thinking to promote fair-minded critical societies through cultivating essential intellectual abilities and virtues across every field of study across world.