Straight & crooked thinkingRobert Henry Thouless
Straight & crooked thinking
by Robert Henry Thouless · first published 2011
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I recommend an (old) book by Thouless called "Straight and Crooked Thinking" if you can get your hands on a copy. It goes through a list of "dishonest" debate techniques (not necessarily relying on fallacies) and possible techniques to disarm them.
on “Logical Fallacies” ↗Check out 'Straight and crooked thinking' by Robert Thouless. http://www.amazon.com/dp/1444117181
on “An Illustrated Book of Bad Arguments” ↗If you can get your hands on it, I highly recommend an old book by (Robert?) Thouless called: "Straight and crooked thinking", which identifies the form of several common disingenuous argumentation techniques, brings out the fallacy or dishonest rhetorical device employed, and suggestions on how to counter them (or at least…
on “Bulverism” ↗The best resource I have found is a fantastic old book - Straight and Crooked Thinking[1] [1] http://www.neglectedbooks.com/Straight_and_Crooked_Thinking....
on “Ask HN: What's the most valuable thing you can learn in an hour?” ↗Here is the PDF version linked on the Wikipedia page: http://neglectedbooks.com/Straight_and_Crooked_Thinking.pdf
on “Logical Fallacies” ↗I'm not sure we always want 'works'. Sometimes different 'expressions' of the same work are different enough that they don't have the same value. For example, compare the most recent edition of 'Straight and crooked thinking' with the one published in 1930.
on “The Perils of ISBN” ↗When I was in my teens I read "Straight and crooked thinking", it seems to be online here: https://www.divinetruth.com/www/en/pdf/People/Other/Robert%2...
on “Critical Thinking: A Necessary Skill in the Age of Spin” ↗Straight and Crooked Thinking. New editions aren't by the original author. https://neglectedbooks.com/?p=336
on “Older editions of which books were better than the new ones? (2010)” ↗