Book Blurb
From the author of the The Pig That Wants to Be Eaten, lessons in debunking the faulty arguments we hear every day.
This latest book from pop philosophy author Julian Baggini tackles an endlessly fascinating area of popular debate: the bad argument. Baggini provides a rapid-fire selection of short, stimulating, and entertaining quotes from a wide range of famous people in politics, the media, and entertainment, including Donald Rumsfeld, Michael Moore, Emma Thompson, Tony Blair, Bill Clinton, and more. Each quote takes as its starting point an example of highly questionable—though oddly persuasive—reasoning from a broad variety of subjects.
This latest book from pop philosophy author Julian Baggini tackles an endlessly fascinating area of popular debate: the bad argument. Baggini provides a rapid-fire selection of short, stimulating, and entertaining quotes from a wide range of famous people in politics, the media, and entertainment, including Donald Rumsfeld, Michael Moore, Emma Thompson, Tony Blair, Bill Clinton, and more. Each quote takes as its starting point an example of highly questionable—though oddly persuasive—reasoning from a broad variety of subjects.
As Baggini teases out the logic in the illogical, armchair philosophers and aficionados of the absurd will find themselves nodding their heads as they laugh out loud. The Duck That Won the Lottery is perfect fodder for any cocktail party and pure pleasure for anyone who loves a good brain twister.
Editorial Review(s)
"Jullian Baggini has come to the rescue...the prolific philosopher's latest work is a curiosity cabinet of spurious reasoning and spin." —Financial Times
About the Author
Dr Julian Baggini is the author, co-author or editor of over 20 books including The Great Guide: What David Hume Can Teach Us about Being Human and Living Well (Princeton University Press), The Godless Gospel, How The World Thinks, The Virtues of the Table and The Ego Trick (all Granta) and The Edge of Reason (Yale University Press). He was the founding editor of The Philosophers’ Magazine and has written for numerous newspapers and magazines, as well as for the think tanks The Institute of Public Policy Research, Demos and Counterpoint. He is Academic Director of the Royal institute of Philosophy and an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Kent. His website is JulianBaggini.com
