{"product_id":"2940170734658","title":"Aristotle and an Aardvark Go to Washington","description":"\u003cp\u003eThomas Cathcart and Daniel Klein, authors of the national bestseller \u003ci\u003ePlato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar\u003c\/i\u003e, aren't falling for any election year claptrap-and they don't want their readers to either! In \u003ci\u003eAristotle and an Aardvark Go to Washington\u003c\/i\u003e, our two favorite philosopher-comedians return just in time to save us from the double-speak, flim-flam, and alternate reality of politics in America. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDeploying jokes and cartoon as well as the occasional insight from Aristotle and his peers, Cathcart and Klein explain what politicos are up to when they state: \"The absence of evidence is not the evidence of absence.\" (Donald Rumsfeld), \"It depends on what the meaning of the word 'is' is.\" (Bill Clinton), or even, \"We hold these truths to be self-evident.\" (Thomas Jefferson, et al). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing from the pronouncements of everyone from Caesar to Condoleeza Rice, Genghis Kahn to Hillary Clinton, and Adolf Hitler to Al Sharpton. Cathcart and Klein help us learn to identify tricks such as \"The Texas Sharpshooter Fallacy\" (\u003ci\u003enon causa pro causa\u003c\/i\u003e) and the \"The Fallacy Fallacy\" (\u003ci\u003eargumentum and logicam\u003c\/i\u003e). Aristotle and an Aardvark is for anyone who ever felt like the politicos and pundits were speaking Greek. At least Cathcart and Klein provide the Latin name for it (\u003ci\u003eraudatio publica\u003c\/i\u003e)!\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Recorded Books, LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47105087111408,"sku":"2940170734658","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940170734658_p0.jpg?v=1763817571","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940170734658","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}