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Nonsense: red herrings, straw men, and sacred cows : how we abuse logic in our everyday language / Robert J. Gula.

By: Gula, Robert JMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: Mount Jackson, VA : Axios Press, c2007. Description: xii, 245 p. ; 21 cmISBN: 9780975366264 (pbk.); 0966190858 (pbk.)Subject(s): Influence (Psychology) | Persuasion (Psychology) | LogicDDC classification: 160 LOC classification: BF774 | .G84 2007Online resources: Table of contents only
Contents:
Everyday nonsense -- Emotional language -- Emotional language: propaganda -- Emotional language: suggestion -- Logical fallacies -- Irrelevance -- Diversion -- Ambiguity and incorrect inference -- Confusion and incorrect inference -- Confusion of cause and effect -- Oversimplification -- Erroneous comparison and contrast -- Evasion -- More on arguments -- More on semantics -- More on the syllogism -- Final note.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Everyday nonsense -- Emotional language -- Emotional language: propaganda -- Emotional language: suggestion -- Logical fallacies -- Irrelevance -- Diversion -- Ambiguity and incorrect inference -- Confusion and incorrect inference -- Confusion of cause and effect -- Oversimplification -- Erroneous comparison and contrast -- Evasion -- More on arguments -- More on semantics -- More on the syllogism -- Final note.

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