Attacking faulty reasoning
by T. Edward Damer · first published 1980
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While I can't produce the second recommendation at a moment's notice and would have to think, the first one would unquestionably be "Attacking Faulty Reasoning: A Practical Guide to Fallacy-Free Arguments" by T. Edward Damer. In hindsight, reading the book and fiddling with the examples in my head really has restructured the way I think: improved on how I critically…
on “Ask HN: Books that teach you to think” ↗Baloney detection kit is great. Taking it a step further, "Attacking faulty reasoning" by T.Edward Damer is a great book. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attacking_Faulty_Reasoning
on “The Fine Art of Baloney Detection (1995) [pdf]” ↗Which chapters have you found the most enlightening or useful? (off-topic: here's my own "recommend everywhere" book, "Attacking Faulty Reasoning" by T. Edward Damer, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attacking_Faulty_Reasoning).
on “Six (and a half) intuitions for KL divergence” ↗