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How to Win Every Argument: The Use and Abuse of Logic

Deals with one fallacy, explaining what the fallacy is, giving and analysing an example, outlining when/where/why the particular fallacy tends to occur and finally showing how you can perpetrate the fallacy on other people in order to win an argument.

Audience
adult
Length
short · 182 pages

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