Nonsense: Red Herrings, Straw Men and Sacred Cows: How We Abuse Logic in Our Everyday Language
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Nonsense is a guide to the verbal fallacies that turn up in everyday talk and argument. It catalogues the many ways people, often without meaning to, mislead others and themselves, and shows how reasoning can become disorderly, disorganised or simply beside the point.
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Alongside this survey of faulty thinking, the book serves as a plain introduction to logical reasoning that does not depend on mathematics. Its lessons are especially useful to students of philosophy and economics. The writing is relaxed and informal, which makes a demanding subject approachable for general readers.
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