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Do They Think You're Stupid?

100 Ways Of Spotting Spin And Nonsense From The Media, Celebrities And Politicians

Julian Baggini

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English
Granta
27 April 2010
This companion volume to The Pig That Wants To Be Eaten provides another rapid-fire selection of short, stimulating and entertaining capsules of philosophy. This time the focus is on the bad argumentative moves people use all the time, in politics, the media and everyday life. Each entry is around 700 words and takes as its starting point an example of questionable reasoning from the media or literature. As with The Pig, the aim is to give readers something to chew on and work through for themselves.

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Imprint:   Granta
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Edition:   2nd Revised edition
Dimensions:   Height: 198mm,  Width: 129mm,  Spine: 22mm
Weight:   248g
ISBN:   9781847080837
ISBN 10:   1847080839
Pages:   352
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Recommended Age:   From 0 to 0 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Julian Baggini is the editor and co-founder of The Philosophers' Magazine. His books include Do You Think What You Think YouThink? (with Jeremy Stangroom), What's It All About? - Philosophy and the Meaning of Life and The Pig That Wants to be Eaten, all published by Granta Books.

Reviews for Do They Think You're Stupid?: 100 Ways Of Spotting Spin And Nonsense From The Media, Celebrities And Politicians

By far the most useful book to have beside you when assessing all the arguments and assertions made during an election -- David Aaronovitch * The Times * A curiosity cabinet of spurious reasoning and spin ... Every society needs its guardian of good sense: Baggini is ours * Financial Times * Taken together, the techniques outlined in his 100 short chapters provide a perfect defence against quackery, superstition, distortion, dissimulation and nonsense of all kinds * London Review of Books * For anyone who has ever wanted to be a pass master at winning over-the-pub-table arguments and dazzling friends with their laser-guided logic, philosopher Julian Baggini's latest book is an indispensable read ... A book to treasure for Baggini's never-miss lucidity * Big Issue North *


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