{"product_id":"9781615192250","title":"An Illustrated Book of Bad Arguments","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e“A flawless compendium of flaws.” —Alice Roberts, PhD, anatomist, writer, and presenter of \u003ci\u003eThe Incredible Human Journey\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe antidote to fuzzy thinking, with furry animals!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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\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\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\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Experiment, The","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47031611556080,"sku":"9781615192250","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781615192250_p0.jpg?v=1763850953","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781615192250","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}