{"product_id":"bad-arguments-9781119167907","title":"Bad Arguments","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA timely and accessible guide to 100 of the most infamous logical fallacies in Western philosophy, helping readers avoid and detect false assumptions and faulty reasoning\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eYou'll love this book or you'll hate it. So, you're either with us or against us. And if you're against us then you hate books. No true intellectual would hate this book.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEver decide to avoid a restaurant because of one bad meal? Choose a product because a celebrity endorsed it? Or ignore what a politician says because she's not a member of your party? For as long as people have been discussing, conversing, persuading, advocating, proselytizing, pontificating, or otherwise stating their case, their arguments have been vulnerable to false assumptions and faulty reasoning. Drawing upon a long history of logical falsehoods and philosophical flubs, \u003ci\u003eBad Arguments \u003c\/i\u003edemonstrates how misguided arguments come to be, and what we can do to detect them in the rhetoric of others and avoid using\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“…In view of the contemporary controversies surrounding many of the fundamental concepts of logic discussed, this synopsis is no mean feat, given the exacting formalities of the subject. As a helping hand to students new to critical thinking, the book is immensely successful and useful…”\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e--L. C. Archie, emeritus, Lander University\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCHOICE April 2019\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eNotes on Contributors xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Formal Fallacies 35\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePropositional Logic 37\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Affirming a Disjunct 39\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJason Iuliano\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Affirming the Consequent 42\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBrett Gaul\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Denying the Antecedent 46\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBrett Gaul\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCategorical Logic 49\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Exclusive Premises 51\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCharlene Elsby\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Four Terms 55\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCharlene Elsby\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Illicit Major and Minor Terms 60\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCharlene Elsby\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Undistributed Middle 63\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCharlene Elsby\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Informal Fallacies 67\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFallacies of Relevance 69\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Ad Hominem: Bias 71\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGeorge Wrisley\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Ad Hominem: Circumstantial 77\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGeorge Wrisley\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Ad Hominem: Direct 83\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGeorge Wrisley\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Ad Hominem: Tu Quoque 88\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGeorge Wrisley\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Adverse Consequences 94\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid Vander Laan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Appeal to Emotion: Force or Fear 98\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGeorge Wrisley\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Appeal to Emotion: Pity 102\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGeorge Wrisley\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Appeal to Ignorance 106\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBenjamin W. McCraw\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Appeal to the People 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBenjamin W. McCraw\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Appeal to Personal Incredulity 115\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTuomas W. Manninen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Appeal to Ridicule 118\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGregory L. Bock\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 Appeal to Tradition 121\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNicolas Michaud\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 Argument from Fallacy 125\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristian Cotton\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 Availability Error 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid Kyle Johnson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 Base Rate 133\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTuomas W. Manninen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 Burden of Proof 137\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAndrew Russo\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 Countless Counterfeits 140\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid Kyle Johnson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25 Diminished Responsibility 145\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTuomas W. Manninen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26 Essentializing 149\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJack Bowen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27 Galileo Gambit 152\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid Kyle Johnson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28 Gambler’s Fallacy 157\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGrant Sterling\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e29 Genetic Fallacy 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrank Scalambrino\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e30 Historian’s Fallacy 163\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHeather Rivera\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e31 Homunculus 165\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKimberly Baltzer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e‐Jaray\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e32 Inappropriate Appeal to Authority 168\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNicolas Michaud\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e33 Irrelevant Conclusion 172\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSteven Barbone\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e34 Kettle Logic 174\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAndy Wible\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e35 Line Drawing 177\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlexander E. Hooke\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e36 Mistaking the Relevance of Proximate Causation 181\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid Kyle Johnson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e37 Moving the Goalposts 185\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTuomas W. Manninen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e38 Mystery, Therefore Magic 189\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid Kyle Johnson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e39 Naturalistic Fallacy 193\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBenjamin W. McCraw\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e40 Poisoning the Well 196\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRoberto Ruiz\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e41 Proving Too Much 201\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKimberly Baltzer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e‐Jaray\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e42 Psychologist’s Fallacy 204\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrank Scalambrino\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e43 Red Herring 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHeather Rivera\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e44 Reductio ad Hitlerum 212\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrank Scalambrino\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e45 Argument by Repetition 215\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLeigh Kolb\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e46 Special Pleading 219\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDan Yim\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e47 Straw Man 223\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eScott Aikin and John Casey\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e48 Sunk Cost 227\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRobert Arp\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e49 Two Wrongs Make a Right 230\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid LaRocca\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e50 Weak Analogy 234\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBertha Alvarez Manninen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFallacies of Ambiguity 239\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e51 Accent 241\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRoberto Ruiz\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e52 Amphiboly 246\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRoberto Ruiz\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e53 Composition 250\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJason Waller\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e54 Confusing an Explanation for an Excuse 252\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKimberly Baltzer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e‐Jaray\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e55 Definist Fallacy 255\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristian Cotton\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e56 Division 259\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJason Waller\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e57 Equivocation 261\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBertha Alvarez Manninen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e58 Etymological Fallacy 266\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLeigh Kolb\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e59 Euphemism 270\u003cbr\u003eKimberly Baltzer‐Jaray\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e60 Hedging 273\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristian Cotton\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e61 If by Whiskey 277\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristian Cotton\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e62 Inflation of Conflict 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAndy Wible\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e63 Legalistic Mistake 282\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMarco Antonio Azevedo\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e64 Oversimplification 286\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDan Burkett\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e65 Proof by Verbosity 289\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePhil Smolenski\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e66 Sorites Fallacy 293\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJack Bowen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFallacies of Presumption 297\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e67 Accident 299\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSteven Barbone\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e68 All or Nothing 301\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid Kyle Johnson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e69 Anthropomorphic Bias 305\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid Kyle Johnson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e70 Begging the Question 308\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHeather Rivera\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e71 Chronological Snobbery 311\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eA.G. Holdier\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e72 Complex Question 314\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eA.G. Holdier\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e73 Confirmation Bias 317\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid Kyle Johnson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e74 Conjunction 321\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJason Iuliano\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e75 Constructive Nature of Perception 324\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid Kyle Johnson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e76 Converse Accident 330\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSteven Barbone\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e77 Existential Fallacy 332\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrank Scalambrino\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e78 False Cause: Cum Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc 335\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBertha Alvarez Manninen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e79 False Cause: Ignoring Common Cause 338\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBertha Alvarez Manninen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e80 False Cause: Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc 342\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBertha Alvarez Manninen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e81 False Dilemma 346\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJennifer Culver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e82 Free Speech 348\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eScott Aikin and John Casey\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e83 Guilt by Association 351\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLeigh Kolb\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e84 Hasty Generalization 354\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMichael J. Muniz\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e85 Intentional Fallacy 357\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNicolas Michaud\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e86 Is\/Ought Fallacy 360\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMark T. Nelson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e87 Masked Man 364\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCharles Taliaferro\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e88 Middle Ground 367\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGrant Sterling\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e89 Mind Projection 369\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCharles Taliaferro\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e90 Moralistic Fallacy 371\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGalen Foresman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e91 No True Scotsman 374\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTuomas W. Manninen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e92 Reification 378\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRobert Sinclair\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e93 Representative Heuristic 382\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid Kyle Johnson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e94 Slippery Slope 385\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMichael J. Muniz\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e95 Stolen Concept 388\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRory E. Kraft, Jr.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e96 Subjective Validation 392\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid Kyle Johnson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e97 Subjectivist Fallacy 396\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrank Scalambrino\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e98 Suppressed Evidence 399\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid Kyle Johnson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e99 Unfalsifiability 403\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJack Bowen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e100 Unwarranted Assumption 407\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKimberly Baltzer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e‐Jaray\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 410\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49407001526615,"sku":"9781119167907","price":13.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781119167907.jpg?v=1730497847","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/bad-arguments-9781119167907","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}