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Do They Think You're Stupid?: 100 Ways Of Spotting Spin And Nonsense From The Media, Celebrities And Politicians
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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Do They Think You're Stupid?: 100 Ways Of Spotting Spin And Nonsense From The Media, Celebrities And Politicians
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Julian Baggini
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:352 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 129 |
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| Category/Genre | Popular philosophy |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9781847080837
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| Classifications | Dewey:100 |
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Granta Books
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| Imprint |
Granta Books
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| Publication Date |
4 March 2010 |
| Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
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.
Author Biography
Julian Baggini is the editor and co-founder of The Philosophers' Magazine. His books include Do You Think What You Think You Think? (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.
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