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" Nonsense : "
Robert J. Gula
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BL
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697772
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b519961
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| Main Entry
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Gula, Robert J
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| Title & Author
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Nonsense : : red herrings, straw men and sacred cows : how we abuse logic in our everyday language /\ Robert J. Gula
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| Publication Statement
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Mount Jackson, Va. :: Axios,, [2006]
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, ©2006
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xi, 227 pages :: illustrations ;; 21 cm
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| ISBN
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0966190858
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: 9780966190854
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-217) and index
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| Contents
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1. Everyday nonsense -- 2. Emotional language -- 3. Emotional language: propaganda -- 4. Emotional language: suggestion -- 5. Logical fallacies -- 6. Irrelevance -- 7. Diversion -- 8. Ambiguity and incorrect inference -- 9. Confusion and incorrect inference -- 10. Confusion of cause and effect -- 11. Oversimplification -- 12. Erroneous comparison and contrast -- 13. Evasion -- 14. More on arguments -- 15. More on semantics -- 16. More on the syllogism -- 17. Final note
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Fallacies (Logic)
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Influence (Psychology)
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Logic.
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Persuasion (Psychology)
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| Dewey Classification
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160
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BF774.G84
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