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T O SECOND EDITION See Jargon, Pseu do -profundity and Smofc Seing able to spot poor reasoning and diversionary ploys like these will put more clout behind your arguments and sharpen your thinking This brilliant book, now in its second edition, will givt you the power to tell a good from a bad argument. Using witty and topical examples, Nigel Warburton will enable you to distinguish with confidence between a Red Herring and a Straw Man. counterexample truth by adage thafi a value judgement/ Nigel Warburton is the auth> althlrdeditionland l. and editor of PhHoac 9780415222808 Thinking from A tO Z, 2nd Edition How do politicians win arguments? By not giving a direct answer to a direct question. The politician's answer is a form of economy with the truth. 'Mick Jagger and I went to the same primary school; Mick Jagger turned out to be a great success, so I will too.' Why is this a fallacy? Where would you find gobbledygook? See jargon, pseudo- profundity and smokescreen. Being able to spot poor reasoning and diversionary ploys like these will put more clout behind your arguments and sharpen your thinking. This brilliant book, now in its second edition, will give you the power to tell a good from a bad argument. Using witty and topical exam- ples, Nigel Warburton will enable you to distinguish with confidence between a red herring and a straw man. This new edition includes many new entries and updates to the whole text, including: Catch-22 Ockham's Razor 'that's a value counterexample paradox judgement' domino effect Socratic fallacy truth by adage exception that proves the rule Nigel Warburton is the author of Philosophy: The Basics (third edition) and Philosophy the Classics, and editor of Philosophy: Basic Readings. Thinking from A to Z 2nd Edition If you can't say it clearly, you don't understand it yourself. John Searle Nigel Warburton Routledge Taylor & Francis Group LONDON AND NEW YORK First published 1996,1998 British Library Cataloguing in by Routledge Publication Data 2 Park Square, Milton Park, A catalogue record for this book is Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 4RN available from the British Library. Simultaneously published in the Library of Congress Cataloging in USA and Canada Publication Data W Thinking from A to Z / Nigel New York, NY 10016 „. . ? « . . ° Warburton. - 2nd ed. This edition first published 2000 p. cm. D^-,^iftfti onni^ \ inn< Includes bibliographical references. Routledge is an imprint of the ISBN (Ml 5-22282-8 (pbk.) Reprinted 2001,2003(twice), 2005 ^^fifa _ Taylor A Francis Group KBN1. Reasoning-Dictionaries. 2. Critical C 2000 Nigel Warburton thinking-Dictionaries. I. Title. BC177W345 2000 Typeset in Tunes and Frutiger l3.4'3'03-dc21 00-020286 5 by Florence Production Ltd, Stoodleigh, Devon Printed and bound in Great Britain by TJ International Ltd, Padstow, Cornwall AH rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilized in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission ISBN 0-415-22281-8 (pbk) in writing from the publishers. ISBN 0-415-22280-X (hbk) In memory of Matthew (1958-93) Contents Acknowledgements Vlll Introduction ix Thinking from A to Z Acknowledgements I am grateful for comments that various people have made on parts of this book. In particular I want to thank James Cargile, Simon Christmas, Michael Clark, Shirley Coulson, Jonathan Hourigan, Robin Le Poidevin, Jonathan Lowe, Lotte Motz, Alex Orenstein, Tom Stoneham, Anne Thomson, Jennifer Trusted, Jamie Whyte, and several anonymous readers. My wife Anna's many perceptive criticisms made this a much better book than it would otherwise have been. Nigel Warburton VIII
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