What is `Humpty-Dumptying'? Do `arguments from analogy' ever stand up? How do I know when someone is using `Weasel words?' What is a `Politician's answer?' What's the difference between a `Red Herring' and a `Straw Man?'
This superb book, now in its third edition, will help anyone who wants to argue well and think critically. Using witty and topical examples, this fully-updated new edition has many new entries including:
- Charity, principle of
- Lawyer's Answer
- Least Worst Option
- Stonewalling
- Sunk-Cost Fallacy
- Tautology
- Truism
- Weasel Words
- `You Would Say That Wouldn't You'
Thinking From A to Z may not help you win every argument, but it will definitely give...
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What is `Humpty-Dumptying'? Do `arguments from analogy' ever stand up? How do I know when someone is using `Weasel words?' What is a `Politician's answer?' What's the difference between a `Red Herring' and a `Straw Man?'
This superb book, now in its third edition, will help anyone who wants to argue well and think critically. Using witty and topical examples, this fully-updated new edition has many new entries including:
- Charity, principle of
- Lawyer's Answer
- Least Worst Option
- Stonewalling
- Sunk-Cost Fallacy
- Tautology
- Truism
- Weasel Words
- `You Would Say That Wouldn't You'
Thinking From A to Z may not help you win every argument, but it will definitely give you the power to tell a good one from a bad one.
- ISBN10 0415222818
- ISBN13 9780415222815
- Publish Date 6 April 2000
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 19 June 2009
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Imprint Routledge
- Edition 2nd New edition
- Format Paperback
- Pages 164
- Language English
