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wooknight's review
5.0
An outstanding book listing common logical fallacies . I loved the fact that the author has actually created a tree structure
elainewlin's review
5.0
This book is cute light reading on stupid arguments. For example, there are strawman arguments which misrepresent and attack people, and there are slippery slope arguments which repeatedly jump to conclusions.
mystimayhem's review
3.0
Some fallacies are explained really well and the funny illustrations help as concise little examples. But there are a lot of fallacies that aren't explained very clearly at all. Also, it could have been better organized, maybe with a sectioned added here and there for comparing and contrasting similar fallacies. It seemed like a lot of the entries went like this: here is an example of fallacy x. It's actually an example of fallacy y with elements of x. Neither of which should be confused with fallacy z, which this particular example makes nearly indistinguishable.
It's not terrible. It's a good little refresher guide if logic and fallacies are something you're already fairly familiar with, but as an introduction to the subject, I think it would make it hard to distinguish between fallacies with commonalities.
It's not terrible. It's a good little refresher guide if logic and fallacies are something you're already fairly familiar with, but as an introduction to the subject, I think it would make it hard to distinguish between fallacies with commonalities.
bengriffin's review
3.0
Looks beautiful but doesn't quite work. The images don't really help the explanations and the explanations themselves aren't quite fleshed out enough. A nice idea though.
jamesknight's review against another edition
3.0
Cute, clever, and not particularly in-depth. It’ll be a fun book to pick up every now and then for a charming reminder of the faults in logic we can fall into.
beths0103's review
2.0
The text felt more like it was coming straight from a dry textbook on rhetoric than an entertaining illustrated guide to logical fallacies. I felt like I should have been taking notes or writing flashcards because there would be a quiz on Monday.
helpfulsnowman's review
4.0
I wish everyone would read this before the upcoming election. Because my god, this thing reads like a preventative guide for most, and a tactics manual for political debates.
Here's my impression of presidential debates:
Moderator: Candidate Buttface, tell us about your opinion on immigration.
Candidate Buttface: I'll tell you all you need to know, which is that my opponent, Candidate Fartface, has the same opinion on immigration as our current president, President ButtButt. And look at the state of family values!
Moderator: Candidate Fartface, your response.
Candidate Fartface: Abortion am bad! Guns! I have a feeling about those that agrees with a tiny minority who, unfortunately, vote in numbers! Death panels! How do they work? Right to life! Gays are getting married and what are the effects on pizza parlors who hate gay people! Small business! I worked on a farm one summer!
Moderator: Stirring words indeed.
[cut back to Fox News studios]
And now we have this fuckface who pops the collar on his stupid polo shirts and interviews women with their boobs out.
Fuckface: Thanks, Bill! You, you have your boobs out and are celebrating Mardi Gras. Can I ask you a question about Obamacare and then wink at the camera like, 'See this drunk idiot? With her boobs out?'
Boobs Out Lady: Um, [says something frustratingly stupid that makes me mad every time because it's like, can't ONE drunken party person tell this guy he's an asshole]
Fuckface: [winks at camera] Back to you, Bill.
Bill: Back to the debate.
Moderator: Thank you candidates, for listening to me ask a question, hearing the Charlie Brown teacher voice, and then basically talking about whatever the fuck you felt like talking about. What a rich and wonderful tapestry we have.
*distant sound of gunfire as I end my own life*
FIN
Here's my impression of presidential debates:
Moderator: Candidate Buttface, tell us about your opinion on immigration.
Candidate Buttface: I'll tell you all you need to know, which is that my opponent, Candidate Fartface, has the same opinion on immigration as our current president, President ButtButt. And look at the state of family values!
Moderator: Candidate Fartface, your response.
Candidate Fartface: Abortion am bad! Guns! I have a feeling about those that agrees with a tiny minority who, unfortunately, vote in numbers! Death panels! How do they work? Right to life! Gays are getting married and what are the effects on pizza parlors who hate gay people! Small business! I worked on a farm one summer!
Moderator: Stirring words indeed.
[cut back to Fox News studios]
And now we have this fuckface who pops the collar on his stupid polo shirts and interviews women with their boobs out.
Fuckface: Thanks, Bill! You, you have your boobs out and are celebrating Mardi Gras. Can I ask you a question about Obamacare and then wink at the camera like, 'See this drunk idiot? With her boobs out?'
Boobs Out Lady: Um, [says something frustratingly stupid that makes me mad every time because it's like, can't ONE drunken party person tell this guy he's an asshole]
Fuckface: [winks at camera] Back to you, Bill.
Bill: Back to the debate.
Moderator: Thank you candidates, for listening to me ask a question, hearing the Charlie Brown teacher voice, and then basically talking about whatever the fuck you felt like talking about. What a rich and wonderful tapestry we have.
*distant sound of gunfire as I end my own life*
FIN
dogtrax's review
4.0
I will need to read this one again but it gave me some great information about argument. Entertaining and educational.