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Beschreibung
Uncover the truth under all the BS

In the daily battle for our hearts and minds--not to mention our hard-earned cash--the truth is usually the first casualty. It's time we learned how to see through the rhetoric, faulty reasoning, and misinformation that we're subjected to from morning to night by talk-radio hosts, op-ed columnists, advertisers, self-help gurus, business "thinkers," and, of course, politicians. And no one is better equipped to show us how than award-winning philosopher Jamie Whyte.

In Crimes Against Logic Whyte take us on a fast-paced, ruthlessly funny romp through the mulligan stew of can, folderol, and bogus logic served up in the media, at the office, and even in your own home. Applying his laserlike wit to dozens of timely examples, Whyte cuts through the haze of facts, figures, and double-talk and gets at the real truth behind what they're telling us.

"An incisive philosopher."

--Sunday Telegraph
Uncover the truth under all the BS

In the daily battle for our hearts and minds--not to mention our hard-earned cash--the truth is usually the first casualty. It's time we learned how to see through the rhetoric, faulty reasoning, and misinformation that we're subjected to from morning to night by talk-radio hosts, op-ed columnists, advertisers, self-help gurus, business "thinkers," and, of course, politicians. And no one is better equipped to show us how than award-winning philosopher Jamie Whyte.

In Crimes Against Logic Whyte take us on a fast-paced, ruthlessly funny romp through the mulligan stew of can, folderol, and bogus logic served up in the media, at the office, and even in your own home. Applying his laserlike wit to dozens of timely examples, Whyte cuts through the haze of facts, figures, and double-talk and gets at the real truth behind what they're telling us.

"An incisive philosopher."

--Sunday Telegraph
Über den Autor
Jamie Whyte is a former lecturer of philosophy at Cambridge University and winner of Analysis journal's prestigious prize for best article by an author under 30. He has published numerous articles in journals such as Analysis and the British Journal for the Philosophy of Science. He is from New Zealand and now lives and works in London, England.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
The Right to Your Opinion
Motives
Authority
Prejudice in Fancy Dress
Shut Up!
Empty Words
Inconsistency
Equivocation
Begging the Question
Coincidence
Shocking Statistics
Morality Fever
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2004
Fachbereich: Werbung & Marketing
Genre: Importe, Wirtschaft
Rubrik: Recht & Wirtschaft
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780071446433
ISBN-10: 0071446435
UPC: 639785416821
EAN: 0639785416821
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Whyte, Jamie
Hersteller: McGraw-Hill Education
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 178 x 127 x 10 mm
Von/Mit: Jamie Whyte
Erscheinungsdatum: 03.10.2004
Gewicht: 0,17 kg
Artikel-ID: 121047407