An Illustrated Book of Bad Arguments by Ali Almossawi

An Illustrated Book of Bad Arguments by Ali Almossawi

Aimed at teaching newcomers to the field of critical thinking - particularly younger ones - the importance of logical reasoning using a novel approach, this book covers a small set of common errors in reasoning and visualises them using memorable illustrations that are supplemented with lots of examples.

'I love this illustrated book of bad argumentsA flawless compendium of flaws.'

-- Prof. Alice Roberts, anatomist, presenter of the BBC's 'The Incredible Human Journey'

'A wonderfully digestible summary of the pitfalls and techniques of argumentation. I can't think of a better way to be taught or reintroduced to these fundamental notions of logical discourse. A delightful little book.'

-- Aaron Koblin, Creative Director of the Data Arts team at Google

'Seriously, An Illustrated Book of Bad Arguments should be on every school curriculum. Twitter will be a more civil place.'

-- Kevin Tang * BuzzFeed *

'Bad arguments, great illustrations … gorgeous.'

-- Cory Doctorow * Boing Boing *

'[A] wonderful primer on the logical fallacies that have been screwing up our thinking … since shortly after the invention of dirt.'

-- Ron Kretsch * Dangerous Minds *

'A great primer for anyone looking to understand logical fallacies … Pass it along to the arguers — good and bad — in your life.'

-- Lauren Davis * io9 *

Ali Almossawi is an alumnus of MIT’s engineering systems division and Carnegie Mellon’s school of computer science. His books include An Illustrated Book of Bad Arguments, An Illustrated Book of Loaded Language, and Bad Choices. His writing has appeared in publications such as Wired. He works and lives in San Francisco. Alejandro Giraldo holds a degree in graphic design from UPB Medellín and a master’s in art direction from ELISAVA (the Barcelona School of Design and Engineering). He runs the clothing company Velmost and works as a freelance illustrator. He lives in Medellín, Colombia.

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ISBN 13	9781922247810
ISBN 10	1922247812
Title	An Illustrated Book of Bad Arguments
Author	Ali Almossawi
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Scribe Publications
Year published	2014-12-04
Number of pages	64
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.