An Illustrated Book of Bad Arguments

基本信息

Hardcover: 64頁

出版社: The Experiment; First Edition (2014年9月23日)

語種： English

ISBN-10: 1615192255

ISBN-13: 978-1615192250

產品尺寸及重量: 180 x 208 x 13mm | 340g

書籍簡介

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“A flawless compendium of flaws.” —Alice Roberts, PhD, anatomist, writer, and presenter of The Incredible Human Journey

The antidote to fuzzy thinking, with furry animals!

Have you read (or stumbled into) one too many irrational online debates? Ali Almossawi certainly had, so he wrote An Illustrated Book of Bad Arguments! This handy guide is here to bring the internet age a much-needed dose of old-school logic (really old-school, a la Aristotle).

Here are cogent explanations of the straw man fallacy, the slippery slope argument, the ad hominem attack, and other common attempts at reasoning that actually fall short—plus a beautifully drawn menagerie of animals who (adorably) commit every logical faux pas. Rabbit thinks a strange light in the sky must be a UFO because no one can prove otherwise (the appeal to ignorance). And Lion doesn’t believe that gas emissions harm the planet because, if that were true, he wouldn’t like the result (the argument from consequences).

Once 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 must for anyone in the habit of holding opinions.

媒體推薦

“Wonderfully digestible . . . 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, Google’s Data Arts team

“I love this illustrated book of bad arguments. A flawless compendium of flaws.”

—Alice Roberts, PhD, anatomist, writer, and presenter of The Incredible Human Journey

“A whimsical, straightforward primer . . . a guide to how to strengthen—and how not to weaken—your arguments.”

—Shelf Awareness, starred review

“A very good book every scientist should have. Every scholar, really.”

—Hope Jahren, author of Lab Girl

“This little book takes a potentially ponderous subject (logical fallacies) and makes it wonderfully entertaining.”

—Omaha World-Herald

“Bad arguments, great illustrations . . . gorgeous.”

—Cory Doctorow, BoingBoing.net

“[A] handsome newcomer’s guide to the world of logic . . . Almossawi and his McSweeney’s-ready artist Giraldo accessibly tackle such classic subjects as circular reasoning, false dilemma, straw man, appeal to ignorance, and genetic fallacy . . . an attractive, substantive read.”

—John Wenzel, Denver Post blog

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

—Kevin Tang, BuzzFeed.com

“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.com

“Now more than ever, you need this illustrated guide to bad arguments, faulty logic, and silly rhetoric.”

—Dan Solomon, Fast Company magazine online

“Share [this book] with your friends. Encourage your family members to flip through it. Casually leave copies in public places.”

—Jenny Bristol, GeekDad.com

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

—Ron Kretsch, DangerousMinds.net

作者簡介

阿里·阿莫薩維是Mozilla公司的數據可視化設計師。現居舊金山，畢業於卡內基梅隆大學軟件工程專業與麻省理工學院工程系統部，作品發表於《連線》《科學美國人》《紐約時報》等多家報紙與雜誌。

亞歷杭德羅·希拉爾多是一位平面設計師、插畫師。現居哥倫比亞麥德林，畢業於麥德林玻利瓦爾主教大學與西班牙ELISAVA設計學院。

Ali Almossawi holds a Masters in Engineering Systems from MIT and a Masters in Software Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University. He currently lives with his wife and daughter in San Francisco, where he works as a data visualization designer for Mozilla, while continuing to collaborate with his colleagues at the MIT Media Lab. Ali's work has appeared in publications such as Wired.