What is Humpty-Dumptying? Do arguments from analogy ever stand up? How do I know when someone is using Weasel words? What is a Politicians answer? Whats the difference between a Red Herring and a Straw Man?
This superb book, now in its third edition, will help anyone who wants to argue well and think critically. Using witty and topical examples, this fully-updated new edition has many new entries including:
- Charity, principle of
- Lawyers Answer
- Least Worst Option
- Stonewalling
- Sunk-Cost Fallacy
- Tautology
- Truism
- Weasel Words
- You Would Say That Wouldnt You
Thinking From A to Z may not help you win every argument, but it will definitely give you the power to tell a good one from a bad one.