Crimes Against Logic
I just finished reading “Crimes Against Logic” by Jamie Whyte. Its 157 pages of short chapters “exposing the bogus arguments of politicians, priests, journalists and other serial offenders”
I found myself identifying with a lot of what he had to say. He deconstructs the way that we tend to get off track in arguements, or are mislead with flawed logic (whether the speaker knows he’s misleading or not). If you’ve ever felt frustrated because someone seemed to be completely avoiding rational thought in defense of a position, I’d recommend this book.
Daz said,
February 17, 2006 @ 3:44 am
Sounds good, I read Frekonomics seeing as the rest of the world was reading it. It has a similar theme, he spends the whole book arguing against conventional wisdom.