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How to Think Straight

Antony Flew

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Description:Of course we all know that politicians, admen, student radicals and police commissioners - other people, that is - win approval for their views by offering fallacious arguments and spurious analogues.But what Antony Flew shows is that they succeed just because their readers and listeners wish to be taken in. And that we are all just as apt, whether consciously or otherwise, to adopt the same malpractice and logical ruses."Thinking about Thinking" is a primer to how we and they, do it; and how, if we sincerely want to think better and straighter, we can.Whether it be "the But-you-can-understand-why Evasion", "the Not-true-Scotsman Move", "the Subject/Motive Shift", or the verbal landmines of contradiction in "fallacy", "prejudice", "ambiguous", "valid", Antony Flew tracks down and snares, through his identity parade of intellectual atrocities, the tricks and abuses of language, argument and reason that are daily practised."Thinking about Thinking" is an exercise in logical coaching that is at once informative, chastening, and entertaining.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with How to Think Straight. To get started finding How to Think Straight, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Of course we all know that politicians, admen, student radicals and police commissioners - other people, that is - win approval for their views by offering fallacious arguments and spurious analogues.But what Antony Flew shows is that they succeed just because their readers and listeners wish to be taken in. And that we are all just as apt, whether consciously or otherwise, to adopt the same malpractice and logical ruses."Thinking about Thinking" is a primer to how we and they, do it; and how, if we sincerely want to think better and straighter, we can.Whether it be "the But-you-can-understand-why Evasion", "the Not-true-Scotsman Move", "the Subject/Motive Shift", or the verbal landmines of contradiction in "fallacy", "prejudice", "ambiguous", "valid", Antony Flew tracks down and snares, through his identity parade of intellectual atrocities, the tricks and abuses of language, argument and reason that are daily practised."Thinking about Thinking" is an exercise in logical coaching that is at once informative, chastening, and entertaining.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with How to Think Straight. To get started finding How to Think Straight, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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