The thinker's guide to fallacies : the art of mental trickery and manipulation

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Note:	Cover title. "Item #533m"--Page 4 of cover.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:	Truth and deception in the human mind -- Uncritical persons (intellectually unskilled thinkers) -- Skilled manipulators (weak-sense critical thinkers) -- Fair-minded critical persons (strong-sense critical thinkers) -- The concept of fallacies of thought -- Naming fallacies -- Mistakes versus fallacies -- There is no exhaustive list of fallacies -- Faulty generalizations -- Analyzing generalizations -- Post hoc generalizations -- Analogies and metaphors -- 44 foul ways to win an argument -- 44 foul ways to win an argument (chart) -- Fallacy detection: analyzing a speech from the past -- Fallacy detection: analyzing a current presidential speech -- Fallacy detection: analyzing a speech from a presidential candidate -- Avoid two extremes -- Conclusion: fallacies in an ideal (and in a real) world.