An Illustrated Book of Bad Arguments: Learn the Lost Art of Making Sense

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.

This Book seems like it was on the road to greatness, then decided to get published just a moment before it reached it. The design and layout of the book is flawless, and the drawings give off a creepy and simultaneously cute vibe. The book's size is ideal for travel, keeping in your bag, or fitting nicely on the shelf. On to the content. Having learned about logical fallacies in a college course before I purchased this book, I understand that there are many a fallacy that didn't make the final cut. However, I also understand this book never intended to cover everything, It just aims to give a brief coherent summary of fallacies, which it does fairly well. However, on occasion the pictures don't help to clarify the passages, though it seems they are trying to. Also on occasion, It seems the length of the passage just doesn't do enough justice to the fallacy, and it may still be difficult to understand, even after the explanation and the picture. All in all, this book is high-quality and helpful for the Logical Noob and as a reminder to the Fallacy Veteran alike, would recommend.

In the Internet age, we really need to be very careful re any information we imbibe. With every bit of news out there having a slant towards a particular agenda, and every comment section a buzzing hive of trolls, "Bad Arguments" helps prepare everyone willing, with a pleasant read that explains logic fallacies in a simple straightforward way, with great illustrations. ESSENTIAL.

My college aged son, really enjoyed reading this book! (It was his 21st Birthday present). He told me that learning about this topic had been a chore and so I went hunting for a book to help in him in his class. Before we met, I opened the book up - it had been a long time ago when I sat in a freshman college class and frankly was bored to tears by the subject. Wow! This little book makes it all seem reasonable and understandable with humorous characters and drawings. It left me with the feeling that someone had just shown me how the secret to how the 'shell game is played'. It was enjoyable to read!

I love the premise of this book, but I was disappointed. Content like this in the form of a picture book is brilliant, but the execution makes me think that the author missed the whole point. If everyone, regardless of education level, knew the basics of logical fallacy the world would be a better place. Politicians, pundits, salesmen and everyone else who tries to persuade people would be forced to stop making bad arguments. This is a book that I'd love to see on a farmer's bookshelf next to the latest drivel from Bill O'Reilly. It should read at story time and displayed in children's libraries. Unfortunately, this is written with such high-brow language that I can only see it on the coffee table of a stoner college freshman who just finished Sociology 101. To Ali Almossawi, please rewrite this through the lens of a 4th grader so that this can be a mainstream phenomenon. This book should be in every home, but it needs revision to get there.

I have now bought this book twice. I gave the first one to a friend for her birthday and just had to have my own copy! This is an entertaining and informative book to help explain arguments - what's good and what's bad. Every kid going to college could definitely use a copy!

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.

I recommend this book whole-heartedly. The title notwithstanding, the book can help you to form reasonable and “good” arguments by avoiding the examples of fallacious reasoning that it provides. If you read it, and learn the hallmarks of a bad argument, you can learn how to avoid them... and how to deal with people who make them. It comes in very handy when arguing with trolls on the Internet, for example. You do not need to be an expert in the field of logic to benefit from this book. It is short, concise, and to the point. Over the course of 56 pages the author introduces a “bad argument” method, gives an example, and explains why the method is faulty. If you have ever participated in an Internet chat room “discussion” you will recognize all of the bad argument techniques in the book… and now you will know why they are bad and how to avoid them.

Aunque no es un libro infantil, el formato es el de un cuento de niños, muy bien encuadernado y con material de calidad. Aunque el contenido exacto está gratis en internet en varios idiomas en la misma página de los autores, merece la pena tenerlo en papel. Puede ser un regalo muy simpático. El contenido es muy interesante, conocía algunas de las falacias pero no pensaba que hubiera tantas! No creo que los niños deban leerlo solos, sencillamente no entenderán el contenido, pero leerlo con niños de 10 años en adelante pueder dar pie a conversaciones interesantes con ellos y pueder ser realmente formativo.

かわいいイラストだが、子ども向けの本ではない。もちろん子どもが読んでも良いのだが、日本ではあまり系統立って教えられることがないファラシーをまとめた本。ファラシー（論理的誤謬）は元々哲学的論争のテクニックで指摘され、その後ディベートの禁じ手となったので、英語圏では学校でも教えられているんだが、インターネット上の議論が日常になってきて改めて注目されているようだ。英語上級者で生の議論に参加しようと考えている人には一読を勧めたい。日本語でしょっちゅう議論に巻き込まれている人にもお勧め。

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.

I bought one copy for myself, but ended up buying multiple copies to give away. There are so many people who need to learn how to see (and avoid perpetuating) all of these logical fallacies. Especially over social media.

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