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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ 1922247812
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Scribe Publications; New edition (January 1, 2014)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9781922247810
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1922247810
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.19 x 0.47 x 7.24 inches
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Ali Almossawi is the author of An Illustrated Book of Bad Arguments, An Illustrated Book of Loaded Language, Bad Choices: An Illustrated Introduction to Computational Thinking, and The Point of Pointless Work. His books have reached by 3.5 million readers, translated into 22 languages, and have sold over a quarter of a million copies in print. He lives in San Francisco with his wife and daughter.

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This book is awful. My sister read it to my niece. Said niece has yet to make a single logical statement, even though she never committed any fallacies before being exposed to this book.Obviously, this must be because the book is defective. There are no other explanations.Therefore, we can conclude that the author intends to ruin children's minds, setting us down a slippery slope towards a world of mindless zombies.In any case, my dad - a tenured professor of Something Unrelated at Prestigious University - says that we can safely ignore this book, as Ali Almossawi is clearly a silly man.
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Ivy H
5.0 out of 5 stars My SIL loved it
Reviewed in the United States on January 18, 2024
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Got this for my sister in law as one of her Christmas gifts and she loved it!
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Phred
4.0 out of 5 stars Exactly what is promised- A fun single reference for better thinking and listening.
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Ali Almossawi’s Bad Arguments is exactly the kind of book more people should keep at hand. In a few pages 20 different logical fallacies are identified and clarified. As something of a freebie there is a short glossary appended.

I never quite understood ‘post hoc, propter hoc’. I only thought I understood ‘slippery slope’. New to me were the terms that address things like 'not a cause for a cause’ or ‘composition and division’.

Having read this slender book I cannot claim to have mastered these terms, nor will I always recognize them in the wild. Still for a book of barely 50 pages; almost ½ given to illustrative cartoons, the learning experience is efficient.

A few words about the illustrations. For all their childlike appeal each one is well captioned to reinforce the point of the explanation.
This is one time I have to question the negative reviews. Too many are obviously driven by a demand for political purity that has nothing to do with the total content of the book. A few other complain that the logic is wrong – I disagree. Others are of the opinion that the discussion is too shallow. This is not a text book.

Unless you are a serious student of logical argument, Bad Argument may be the only reference you will ever need. A light hearted book with the ability to seriously improve your thinking, speaking and listening.
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Timothy B.
5.0 out of 5 stars Illustrative, not informative
Reviewed in the United States on November 19, 2022
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If you want a book of amazing illustrations of themed by logical fallacies, then buy this book. If you need a guide, look below for rwo really good books I bought from Amazon.

The illustrations are more important. I realized that extensive descriptions were not the purpose. This is an adult-level book though. Granted, this book may have started as a more cohesive and coherent concept, but the book has a confusing identity.

The two books below I bought from Amazon. They are amazingly good introductory texts for many fallacies—way more fallacies than ever needed.

Logically Fallacious: The Ultimate Collection of Over 300 Logical Fallacies (Academic Edition)
Mastering Logical Fallacies: The Definitive Guide to Flawless Rhetoric and Bulletproof Logic
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Troy
5.0 out of 5 stars For the budding lawyer or debate student.
Reviewed in the United States on April 7, 2023
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A wonderful guide to making a logical, consistent argument, with great examples of everything not to do when you are making an argument. Unless you are a politician. Then this becomes the defining handbook of everything you need to know on how to mislead the public. Great for anyone interested in speaking and logic.
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KC
3.0 out of 5 stars Is this supposed to be upside down and backward lolol???
Reviewed in the United States on January 6, 2024
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Dylan Smith
5.0 out of 5 stars Solid book for people who like to argue, great for the young-and-naive & old-and-stubborn.
Reviewed in the United States on August 18, 2017
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This book overall is going to honestly be your best friend in the war on the internet if you are a scrub and don't know what you're doing or how to form rational thoughts. That's not to say that I am some master of something as arbitrary as internet arguments, but no joke this book will bolster your ability to spot and see through deception or just point out faulty logic in general.
It's like a magazine in Fallout: New Vegas. No joke. You can look, see the page, see the error and see if it follows through with the erroneous belief presented.
The illustrations are great. The examples are good. Like seriously, I have no faults for this book. If you want to get it as a gag gift for your friend who gets madder than heck on the internet because he's always losing, this might be the thing to help him. Unless you know, you don't want him trying to pull this level of effort on you. In which case, buy this book yourself AND COUNTER ARGUE HIM LIKE AN EPISODE OF YU GI OH WITH LOGIC AS YOUR DECK AND THE HEART OF THE CARDS JUST BEING YOUR HEART YO.
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Cefnar
4.0 out of 5 stars Learned Many Fallacies
Reviewed in the United States on February 9, 2023
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This is a very good book that taught me techniques that we can use in a debate or that we can identify when somebody is trying to use them against us. I liked how the Author did not try use wothless content to make the book bigger, it is the opposite, every page has new information and clear examples.
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Lee. Osborne
5.0 out of 5 stars I got this book to be better armed in discussions
Reviewed in the United States on October 18, 2016
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I got this book to be better armed in discussions. But what do you do with your debate opponent when in the face of all logical proof/truth they still refuse to say they are wrong? example-the air crash in Germany of the Manchester soccer team's plane. The pilot was made the scape goat when no way around it evidence said there was slush on the runway that caused the plane to quickly decelerate on takeoff and not pilot error. Germany would never admit guilt as it was their airport. This is probably a different line of reasoning for which someone needs to do a different book on. Ooo Ooo I just found it Nonsense: How to Avoid It by Gula a penny plus shipping. If yr reading this you no doubt see the comedy of logic mis reasoning in the presidential race.
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José
5.0 out of 5 stars Good
Reviewed in Mexico on January 26, 2024
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Very clear and good examples.
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Doryan Elliott
5.0 out of 5 stars Everyone would benefit from reading this book!
Reviewed in Canada on October 2, 2022
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The information is extremely well laid out and the illustrations are fabulous. I have preteen and teenaged children. Getting a good grasp on creating well thought out arguments has been really helpful with some challenging discussions 😂 Plus, I’ve always wanted to understand this material better and this book makes it entertaining to learn.
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Jessica do Amaral Andrade
5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing book for kids and adults
Reviewed in Germany on November 7, 2022
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I funny and informative reading. Essential for everyone in a world full of information.
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Jose Argudo Blanco
5.0 out of 5 stars Curioso
Reviewed in Spain on September 14, 2021
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No es tanto para niños en mi opinión pues aunque incluye dibujos, bastante buenos, es necesario un razonamiento que veo más apropiado para los 12 o 14 años.

Lo guardaré para entonces pues como digo es muy recomendable

José Argudo - autor del libro "Storytelling para textos de venta"
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vasundhara
5.0 out of 5 stars Worth reading
Reviewed in India on January 11, 2021
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Had bought this book a while back and had thoroughly enjoyed my first read. Since then, whenever I pick it up from my bookshelf , just flip a few pages. Never boring. Quite relevant in today’s time when everyone has an opinion and an argument.
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