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Straight and Crooked Thinking

โœ Scribed by THOULESS, Robert H.

Publisher
Hodder and Stoughton Ltd
Year
1930
Tongue
English
Leaves
222
Edition
Pan Books Ltd 1953, 1980 printing
Category
Library
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โœฆ Table of Contents

Preface.
I. Different Ways of Using Language.
II. All and Some.
III. Some Dishonest Tricks in Argument.
IV. Some Logical Fallacies.
V. Words and Facts.
VI. Misuse of Speculation.
VII. The Meanings of Words.
VIII. Definition and some of its Difficulties.
IX. Tricks of Suggestion.
X. Habits of Thought.
XI. Prejudice.
XII. Predigested Thinking.
XIII. Pitfalls in Analogy.
XIV. Straight Thinking.
Appendix.
I. Thirty-eight Dishonest Tricks.
II. A Discussion Illustrating Crooked Thinking.
III. List of Books.
Index.

โœฆ Subjects

ad hominem, analogy, appeal to emotion, argument, bias, bigot, dishonesty, flattery, generalisation, undistributed middle, logical fallacies, language, leading question, memes, pilpul, prejudice, ridicule, speculation, straw man, suggestion, trivium, trolls, weaponised words

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