Nonsense
Subtitle: red herrings, straw men, and sacred cows : how we abuse logic in our everyday language
By: Robert J. Gula.
Publisher: Axios Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Mount Jackson, VA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 245
ISBN-13: 9780975366264
Subjects: Influence (Psychology); Persuasion (Psychology); Logic.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Everyday nonsense; title: Emotional language; title: Emotional language: propaganda; title: Emotional language: suggestion; title: Logical fallacies; title: Irrelevance; title: Diversion; title: Ambiguity and incorrect inference; title: Confusion and incorrect inference; title: Confusion of cause and effect; title: Oversimplification; title: Erroneous comparison and contrast; title: Evasion; title: More on arguments; title: More on semantics; title: More on the syllogism; title: Final note.