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Do They Think You´re Stupid?: 100 Ways Of Spotting Spin And Nonsense From The Media, Celebrities And Politicians
Julian Baggini
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Description for Do They Think You´re Stupid?: 100 Ways Of Spotting Spin And Nonsense From The Media, Celebrities And Politicians
Paperback. Originally published as "The Duck that Won the Lottery", this companion volume to "The Pig That Wants To Be Eaten" provides another rapid-fire selection of short, stimulating and entertaining capsules of philosophy. It focuses on the bad argumentative moves people use all the time, in politics, the media and everyday life. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: HPX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 244.
This companion volume to The Pig That Wants To Be Eaten provides another rapid-fire selection of short, stimulating and entertaining capsules of philosophy. This time the focus is on the bad argumentative moves people use all the time, in politics, the media and everyday life. Each entry takes as its starting point an example of questionable reasoning from the media or literature, and, as with The Pig ..., the reader is given plenty to chew on and work through for themselves.
This companion volume to The Pig That Wants To Be Eaten provides another rapid-fire selection of short, stimulating and entertaining capsules of philosophy. This time the focus is on the bad argumentative moves people use all the time, in politics, the media and everyday life. Each entry takes as its starting point an example of questionable reasoning from the media or literature, and, as with The Pig ..., the reader is given plenty to chew on and work through for themselves.
Product Details
Publisher
Granta Books
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781847080837
SKU
V9781847080837
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About Julian Baggini
Julian Baggini is the editor and co-founder of The Philosophers' Magazine. His books include Do You Think What You Think YouThink? (with Jeremy Stangroom), What's It All About? - Philosophy and the Meaning of Life and The Pig That Wants to be Eaten, all published by Granta Books.
Reviews for Do They Think You´re Stupid?: 100 Ways Of Spotting Spin And Nonsense From The Media, Celebrities And Politicians
By far the most useful book to have beside you when assessing all the arguments and assertions made during an election
David Aaronovitch
The Times
A curiosity cabinet of spurious reasoning and spin ... Every society needs its guardian of good sense: Baggini is ours
Financial Times
Taken together, the techniques outlined in his 100 ... Read more
David Aaronovitch
The Times
A curiosity cabinet of spurious reasoning and spin ... Every society needs its guardian of good sense: Baggini is ours
Financial Times
Taken together, the techniques outlined in his 100 ... Read more