# An Illustrated Book of Bad Arguments: Learn the Lost Art of Making Sense - Hardcover

by **Ali Almossawi** (Author), **Alejandro Giraldo** (Illustrator)

**"This short book makes you smarter than 99% of the population. . . . The concepts within it will increase your company's 'organizational intelligence.'. . . It's more than just a must-read, it's a 'have-to-read-or-you're-fired' book"--Geoffrey James, INC.com**

**From the author of _An Illustrated Book of Loaded Language,_ here's the antidote to fuzzy thinking, with furry animals!**

Have you read (or stumbled into) one too many irrational online debates? Ali Almossawi certainly had, so he wrote _An Illustrated Book of Bad Arguments_! This handy guide is here to bring the internet age a much-needed dose of old-school logic (really old-school, _a la_ Aristotle).

Here are cogent explanations of the **_straw man_** fallacy, the _**slippery slope**_ argument, the _**ad hominem**_ attack, and other common attempts at reasoning that actually fall short--plus a beautifully drawn menagerie of animals who (adorably) commit every logical _faux pas_. Rabbit thinks a strange light in the sky _must_ be a UFO because no one can prove otherwise (_**the appeal to ignorance**_). And Lion doesn't believe that gas emissions harm the planet because, if that _were_ true, he wouldn't like the result (the _**argument from consequences**_).

Once you learn to recognize these abuses of reason, they start to crop up everywhere from congressional debate to YouTube comments--which makes this geek-chic book a _must_ for anyone in the habit of holding opinions.

### Author Biography

**Ali Almossawi** is an alumnus of MIT's engineering systems division and Carnegie Mellon's school of computer science. His books include _An Illustrated Book of Bad Arguments, An Illustrated Book of Loaded Language,_ and _Bad Choices_. His writing has appeared in publications such as _Wired_. He works and lives in San Francisco.  
**Alejandro Giraldo** holds a degree in graphic design from UPB Medellín and a master's in art direction from ELISAVA (the Barcelona School of Design and Engineering). He runs the clothing company Velmost and works as a freelance illustrator. He lives in Medellín, Colombia.

**Number of Pages:** 64

**Dimensions:** 0.4 x 7.2 x 8.2 IN

**Illustrated:** Yes

**Publication Date:** September 23, 2014

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