{"product_id":"an-illustrated-book-of-bad-arguments-by-ali-almossawai","title":"AN ILLUSTRATED BOOK OF BAD ARGUMENTS  BY ALI ALMOSSAWAI","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e“This short book makes you smarter than 99% of the population. . . . The concepts within it will increase your company’s ‘organizational intelligence.’. . . It’s more than just a must-read, it’s a ‘have-to-read-or-you’re-fired’ book.”―Geoffrey James, INC.com\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom the author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eAn Illustrated Book of Loaded Language,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e here’s the antidote to fuzzy thinking, with furry animals!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHave you read (or stumbled into) one too many irrational online debates? Ali Almossawi certainly had, so he wrote \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eAn Illustrated Book of Bad Arguments\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e! This handy guide is here to bring the internet age a much-needed dose of old-school logic (really old-school, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003ea la\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Aristotle).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHere are cogent explanations of the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003estraw man\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e fallacy, the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eslippery slope\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e argument, the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003ead hominem\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e attack, and other common attempts at reasoning that actually fall short―plus a beautifully drawn menagerie of animals who (adorably) commit every logical \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003efaux pas\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. Rabbit thinks a strange light in the sky \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003emust\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e be a UFO because no one can prove otherwise (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003ethe appeal to ignorance\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e). And Lion doesn’t believe that gas emissions harm the planet because, if that \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003ewere\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e true, he wouldn’t like the result (the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eargument from consequences\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\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 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003emust\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e for anyone in the habit of holding opinions.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e19 full-page illustrations\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHARDBACK BOOK\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Games and Stuff","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49901402194166,"sku":"NOR-9781615192250","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3303\/7465\/files\/91qHpio57vL._SL1500__1.jpg?v=1770122648","url":"https:\/\/www.gamesandstuffonline.com\/products\/an-illustrated-book-of-bad-arguments-by-ali-almossawai","provider":"Games and Stuff","version":"1.0","type":"link"}