Don't Get Fooled! How to Analyze Claims for Fallacies, Biases, and Other Deceptions

Name: Don't Get Fooled! How to Analyze Claims for Fallacies, Biases, and Other Deceptions
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ISBN: 9781479199525

ISBN-10: 1479199524

ISBN-13: 9781479199525

Edition: N/A

Authors: Ray Givler

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Nobody likes to be tricked, so take a stand against it. Don't Get Fooled! explains over one hundred types of logical fallacies, cognitive biases, and other mental errors so that readers can mount an armed mental defense against deception. Examples are composed of entertaining dialog between young adults, parents, coaches, and other characters. Instances of flawed reasoning are presented without delving into religious, political, or hot-button social arguments. Although targeted at teens, the content is equally valuable to any adult who does not know a hasty generalization from a hypothesis contrary to fact, nor a red herring from a reductio ad absurdum. Learn to out-think lousy leaders,…

Book details

List price: $15.39
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Publication date: 10/15/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 282
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English