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Um Livro Ilustrado de Maus Argumentos

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Este livro é direcionado aos novatos no campo do raciocínio lógico, particularmente àqueles que, tomando emprestada uma expressão de Pascal, têm como característica compreender melhor através do visual. Eu selecionei um pequeno conjunto de erros comuns de raciocínio e os elucidei utilizando ilustrações fáceis de recordar, que são complementadas com vários exemplos. Minha esperança é que o leitor aprenda dessas páginas algumas das armadilhas mais comuns da argumentação e que seja capaz de identifica-las e de evita-las na prática.

64 pages, ebook

First published December 5, 2013

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Ali Almossawi

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Ali Almossawi is the author of books on critical thinking. His books have reached 3.5 million readers, translated into 22 languages, and have sold over a quarter of a million copies in print. He lives in San Francisco with his wife and daughter.

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Profile Image for Rosh (is busy; will catch up soon!).
1,774 reviews2,627 followers
July 27, 2023
In a Nutshell: Helps you understand what comprises bad arguments. Not a bad book, but my expectations were different. Digital edition available for free.


When I taught critical reasoning, one entire section of the topic was devoted to logical fallacies. Simply put, these are the flaws that people make while arguing. For instance,
- “I can’t understand how you hated this book. I loved it!”
- “You are an adult so why are you reading children’s books?”
- “You have no right to complain about the Jewish rep in the book if you aren’t Jewish”
- “Audiobooks aren’t read, so you cannot count them as books”
- “This novel made me lose my respect for Indian society.”
(Any of these sound familiar, fellow reviewers? 😉 FWIW, the last one was actually made in a review by an ex-GR friend; she became an ex-friend immediately after I read her “review”.)

If you can see the flaws in the logic of these statements, you can certainly read this book to enhance your reasoning ability. If all the above arguments sound fair to you, I hope you aren’t in my friends list, but just in case you are, please read the book and rectify your thinking.

This book contains various logical fallacies and explains, with the proper nomenclature, the exact type of flaw, and how it results in a weak argument. One page side is devoted to the explanation, and the other side has an illustration of that particular fallacy. While I liked a few of the illustrations, I don’t think they were always effective in explaining the fallacy accurately.

As the title clearly suggests, this is a book of bad arguments. So all the knowledge herein is aimed at enhancing your understanding of bad arguments so that you can avoid their pitfalls and improve your rhetoric. After all, there are two ways of improving our skills: knowing what to do, and knowing what not to do.

I had assumed that this book would be perfect for someone like me who adores logic. I mean, I look for logic even in contemporary thrillers – such a wasteful enterprise! While I did enjoy taking a relook at the logical fallacies, I was a bit disappointed at the approach.

The biggest problem is that the explanation of the fallacies gets quite technical. To a newbie in logic, the reasoning provided might be confusing, for at least a few of the fallacies. The idea of its being an illustrated novel made me expect a more foundational approach, but that’s not to be. That said, there is a detailed glossary at the end – somewhat helpful but not enough.

The introductory note does say that the terseness of the explanations is deliberate, but maybe it ended up being too terse to be truly effective.

Another issue is that when we see that illustrated cover, we would somehow expect a light-hearted approach towards explaining this serious topic, maybe by using humour to make it easier and relatable. But the hilarity level of the book is almost zero. Even the funniest of illustrations elicited hardly any smile from me, forget about an actual chuckle.

Then again, this book is available for free on the authors’ website, so there's no harm in checking it out. If it works for you, great! If it does not, you haven’t lost a penny. Who knows! You might be able to deal with online trolls better armed with the skillset gained from this book. 😄

Note: Though this is an illustrated novel, this is definitely not for children as the arguments are too abstruse for their young minds.

2.5 stars.


Check it out here:
https://bookofbadarguments.com/
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Profile Image for Anton.
37 reviews3 followers
August 13, 2016
One of the worst books about argumentation I’ve ever read. But, apparently, I’m the only one to think so, since many people say this book should be on every school curriculum. Let me explain why this would be a disaster.

First, although this book can be downloaded freely (https://bookofbadarguments.com/) and is nicely illustrated, it would be a terrible way to introduce children to the study of reasoning. The main reason for this is that the subject is introduced with a section titled ‘Definitions’, which is way too uninviting, dense and technical for children. Why could Almossawi not explain some important principles of reasoning in ordinary English and leave these definitions for an appendix? Furthermore, many of the examples of the fallacies that are treated hardly appeal to the world of children. The illustrations are of little aid here either. They are not helpful to those who ‘understand better through visuals’, since the visuals don’t do much explaining; it is the texts that are written under them that give just another example of the fallacy. Also, many of those textual examples feel made-up rather than taken from the real world, which contributes to the impression that the study of (informal) logic has no non-fictitious applications. Finally, a proper educational book on fallacies would include exercises in spotting and repairing arguments. This book does not.

Second, the book is neither suited as an introduction to the field for any adolescent or adult either. Even for them the ‘Definitions’ section will be too abstract to grasp right away. Moreover, many of the notions introduced there are not reinforced later in the book, or even mentioned. This adds to the feeling that this book is nothing more than a mishmash of information that you can find just as easily on Wikipedia. Most importantly, I always found that the true joy of reasoning is quickly extinguished if you make it look like a minefield of fallacies. Reasoning is, in the first place, not about prohibitions but about possibilities. Thinking creatively about how you can make some proposition plausible and falsify another. This requires thinking about persuasion, verification, falsification, confirmation, argumentation schemes, proof strategies, induction, deduction, abduction, etc. And practice, of course. There is none of that in this book. If you are an adult and interested in informal logic: please read some book by Douglas Walton, Frans van Eemeren or Alec Fisher. If you are a kid and interested in informal logic: unfortunately, I do not know of any book suited for you. This book certainly isn’t.

To finish things up, a short appendix with a list of some of the mistakes and infelicities I noticed while reading. (I have little doubt that I would notice more if I would read the book again.) I hear this book will appear in print as well. Maybe these comments can be of use to the editors.
- Chapter 1: ‘validity of propositions’ is a category mistake; there is no attempt to distinguish the invalid argument from consequences from the valid reductio ad absurdum.
- Chapter 2: the anti-evolution example is very uncharitable: the common ancestry of primates and humans can be considered irrelevant if our common ancestors were sufficiently monkey-like and did swing from trees.
- Chapter 3: there is no attempt to distinguish authority from testimony; arguments from authority are strictly speaking always fallacious, but this is not made clear; in fact, the distinction between deductive validity and inductive strength is never taken seriously outside of the ‘Definitions’ section.
- Chapter 4: the example shows it is precisely the question whether ‘faith’ is used ambiguously here or not, so discarding the argument from the start seems too hasty.
- Chapter 5: notions of bivalence and vagueness are not dealt with; the picture example is misleading.
- Chapter 6: the simple fact that correlation or temporal precedence do increase the chance of two random events to be causally related is ignored; moreover, often they are our best tools to make causal judgements.
- Chapter 7: the examples are bad; the appeal to fear might reduce as a subtype of the argument from consequences.
- Chapter 8: the notion of representativeness carries all the weight but is not elaborated upon.
- Chapter 9: Sagan’s example makes a caricature of even the stupidest ufologist; the complicated notion of the burden of proof is only glanced over.
- Chapter 10: this fallacy reduces to circular reasoning.
- Chapter 11: the genesis of beliefs and arguments can, in many ways, be relevant to their assessment.
- Chapter 12: this type of reasoning may also reduce to other fallacies; it can sometimes be a useful form of, in the words of Arne Naess (if I recall correctly), ‘symptomatic argumentation’.
- Chapter 13: the picture is misleading; the truth of the consequent may still increase the probability of the antecedent.
- Chapter 14: inconsistent behaviours and standards can often be rightly criticised.
- Chapter 15: a slippery slope is often a useful inductive reasoning tool, even though it is not deductively valid.
- Chapter 16: this whole chapter is confused.
- Chapter 17: the example contradicts the picture in the appeal to authority chapter; the circumstantial ad hominem may reduce to the genetic fallacy.
- Chapter 18: the TV-show example is not charitably interpreted.
- Chapter 19: I find it hard to see the relevance of the picture to the text; the text examples are so far from any real-world reasoning that you are glad that the book is over.
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1,628 reviews8,794 followers
June 15, 2016
"The first principle is that you must not fool yourself and you are the easiest person to fool."
-- Richard P Feynman

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I bought this book shortly after I bought Randall Munroe's Thing Explainer: Complicated Stuff in Simple Words and What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions and at the same time I purchased Joyce's The Cats of Copenhagen. So, I guess I was going through a nerd graphic need for pictures with my words.

I've always liked logic, books on logical fallacies, debate, and rhetoric. I figured this might be an interesting book to get for my kids. What isn't to like? Logic presented by anthropomorphized squirrels and badgers? Sign me up. The problem is, however, the book was aiming for a couple different audiences and missed them all.

Is this a primer on logic? I'm not sure if the way it is laid out and introduced will prime my kids to either be: a) interested in logic or b) better at logic. The book itself suggests this is their primary audience on page 1 under the title: Who is this book for? "This book is aimed at newcomers to the field of logical reasoning, particularly those who, to borrow a phrase from Pascal, are so made that they understand best through visuals."

Is this aimed (unofficially) at those who love logic and are searching for a coffee table book or nontraditional text? Well, I can't speak for the whole universe of logic lovers, but in my case I found BOTH the words and drawings a bit too messy and almost incoherent. Ugh. The author claims in the Preface that he wanted to create, unlike Lewis Carroll and George Orwell, a "narrative that ties the illustrations together". There just seemed to be a larger void between the wish and the execution with this book. I applaud the attempt, but perhaps, the idea required a bit more thought. I don't think the author was misinformed about logic or illustration's ability to aid in education, but it just seemed to me that, either because of brevity or arrangement the idea didn't work.

Is this aimed at those who love picture books? Perhaps, but again, as I pointed out above BOTH the pictures and the text were a bit of a disappointment.

Probably the only piece of this whole thing I enjoyed without reserve was the drawing of the logical family tree which showed how logical fallacies broke down into formal and informal fallacies, etc. But this part should have provided hints that some internal book logic was missing. This graphic appeared near the beginning of the book, but the arrangement of chapters for the 19 examples of bad arguments didn't fit the graphic and the table of contents was several pages earlier. Talk about missing an easy hit.

Finally, it was a bit irritating to have the author describe the book's illustrations as "memorable" and "lively". I get that the author is, perhaps, tipping his hat to his illustrator (Alejandro Giraldo), but still, I'll be the judge of how lively and memorable the illustrations are OR book is thank you very much.

Looking back on casual purchase of introductory books about logic, I guess I just prefer jokes with my logic instead of visuals with my logic (see: Plato and a Platypus / Aristotle and an Aardvark).

Now that I think of it, this book seems to be more interesting as an example of modern book marketing (slick website, an affinity for number of web visitors, donations, metrics, etc). Anyway, don't take my word for it. You don't even need to buy it (or hell, go ahead and buy it I don't care), just go to the book's website.

Oh, and here is the real rub. I was irritated enough with the whole book I actually went through the process of returning it to Amazon. They asked why, I gave them a quick answer. They refunded my money and said, "PLEASE DON'T SEND IT BACK". I know they were just being logical in an economic sense. The $10 I paid for it after prime shipping it to me, made it basically more economical to just give me my money back rather than shipping it out again. Again, that was logical, but part of me just FELT like even they didn't want it.
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1,448 reviews1,802 followers
December 23, 2015
This book is not at all what I expected. When I saw it online, I thought it would be a cute and quirky little book illustrating logical failures, kind of like Cracked.com did with its article on internet argument techniques. But this was not really that.

Yes, it's a little book and it's illustrated, but it's not really as successful as it tries to be. It's both too complex and too short, so it makes a lot of logical leaps, I think. It attempts to briefly explain concepts that require a good bit of explanation, and it just feels rushed to conclusions about the particular argument being explained.

That being said, it isn't a bad book, but I think it would have benefited from a little more breathing room door each argument type. The text is dense, and the drawings, while cute, don't always explain the concept.

Still, I like that it offers a quick reference for me to have in hand for the next presidential debate. Maybe I'll make spotting the bad arguments a drinking game.

Or not. I like my liver.
Profile Image for Yousif Al Zeera.
249 reviews86 followers
February 27, 2017
The book is aimed at the public who have no or little knowledge in logical fallacies/cognitive biases. The language used is very simple (suitable for non-native English speakers, but anyway the book is translated into 17 languages just in case).

I actually liked the simplicity as these type of subjects (logic/logical fallacies/cognitive biases) are usually found written in complicated language. Even the examples used are very simple and most are common to everyday life.

The big plus in Almossawi's book is that every "logical fallacy" is accompanied with a wonderful illustration. These nice illustrations, in addition to the book's size and design, makes the book a great choice for gifting non-readers.
Profile Image for Tim The Enchanter.
358 reviews189 followers
May 2, 2015
an entertaining and basic guide to types of bad arguments. In my opinion, a must read for the avid Facebook "expert". This is by no mean an academic study on the subject but really just a basic primer.
Profile Image for أسيل.
470 reviews263 followers
March 15, 2015

الكتاب خفيف وظريف كمقدمة بسيطة عن المغالطات المنطقية
والرسومات التي تضمنها جميلة رغم عدم اندماجها مع النص
اعتمد بالرسومات على روايات جورج اورويل ولويس كارول

اقتبس

"ولكننا الآن، وفي هذا العصر، لما تباعد قاموس اللغة المتداول عن قاموس لغة الأعصار الماضية، كما هي سُنُّةُ اللغات جميعاً، يأخذ فَنَّا الخطابة والجدل أشكالاً مغايرة تتمثل في الخطاب الإعلامي والإجتماعي والثقافي والسياسي لم يعتنى بهما في الكتب القديمة المؤسسة علاوةً على أنها صارت تُدرس من أجل المتخصص في الحقل الفلسفي أو الحقل الأصولي الفقهي على وجه الخصوص، تزداد الحاجة للإهتمام بهذين الفصلين لممارستنا الحوارية اليومية، وهذا أمرٌ بالغ الأهمية لتحقيق التواصل الحواري الثقافي والإجتماعي في هذا الزمن النافق بالإقصاء والغارق في الدماء.
المفردة ذات المعنى القائم بالحجة إنما تصح إذا كانت ذات معنى واحد في الإحتجاج.
ففي المثال الآتي: كيف تكون ضد الإيمان في حين أنك تؤمن بأشياء كثيرة كالصداقات والزيجات والإستثمارات. كلمة الإيمان هنا تغير معناها من اعتقادٍ ديني بالخالق إلى ما يفهم به أنه ثقةٌ بمخاطر محتملة."










Profile Image for Shwan Majeed.
200 reviews179 followers
January 25, 2018
اول كتاب الكتروني او ايظا اول كتاب اقراءه عن طريق كومبيوتر, كتاب بسيط وجميل ولا يجب انسى واقول فكرة جديدة وبصراحة اعجبني واتمنى ان يهتم الكتاب بهكذا كتب وخاصة تكون بسيطة ومفهومة وقليلة وتستطيع قراءته في وقت فراغ قصير.
حسب راي او حسب ما تعلمت وفهمت من الكتاب هي انه لا يجب ان نحكم على شخص او حدث او موضوع فقط لان قابلنا شخص واحد او حصل لنا شيء واحد, وايظا لا يجب ان نعمم بشكل سيء على جميع الناس او احداث فقط لان واجهنا شخص سيء او حصل لنا موقف غير جيد واثرت بطبع بشكل سيء على نظرتنا لهذه الشخص او المجتمع.
الجميل والرائع في الكاتب انه من اصل شرق اوسطي ولكن طريقة الكتابة تكون غربية اكثر من ما هو شرقية وجمع بين الاثنين لاخراج هكذا كتاب بسيط.
Profile Image for Jodi.
422 reviews150 followers
November 21, 2022
It was o.k., but nothing too special. The cartoon animal drawings used to illustrate the error in making each argument were extremely clever, and the very best part of the book. The dry text accompanying each drawing, though, was quite droll and after reading a few I focused solely on the illustrations, which I felt were extremely clear in doing what they were meant to do.

3 stars
Profile Image for Peter Derk.
Author 30 books365 followers
December 10, 2015
I wish everyone would read this before the upcoming election. Because my god, this thing reads like a preventative guide for most, and a tactics manual for political debates.

Here's my impression of presidential debates:

Moderator: Candidate Buttface, tell us about your opinion on immigration.

Candidate Buttface: I'll tell you all you need to know, which is that my opponent, Candidate Fartface, has the same opinion on immigration as our current president, President ButtButt. And look at the state of family values!

Moderator: Candidate Fartface, your response.

Candidate Fartface: Abortion am bad! Guns! I have a feeling about those that agrees with a tiny minority who, unfortunately, vote in numbers! Death panels! How do they work? Right to life! Gays are getting married and what are the effects on pizza parlors who hate gay people! Small business! I worked on a farm one summer!

Moderator: Stirring words indeed.

[cut back to Fox News studios]

And now we have this fuckface who pops the collar on his stupid polo shirts and interviews women with their boobs out.

Fuckface: Thanks, Bill! You, you have your boobs out and are celebrating Mardi Gras. Can I ask you a question about Obamacare and then wink at the camera like, 'See this drunk idiot? With her boobs out?'

Boobs Out Lady: Um, [says something frustratingly stupid that makes me mad every time because it's like, can't ONE drunken party person tell this guy he's an asshole]

Fuckface: [winks at camera] Back to you, Bill.

Bill: Back to the debate.

Moderator: Thank you candidates, for listening to me ask a question, hearing the Charlie Brown teacher voice, and then basically talking about whatever the fuck you felt like talking about. What a rich and wonderful tapestry we have.

*distant sound of gunfire as I end my own life*

FIN
Profile Image for Huda Aweys.
Author 5 books1,400 followers
July 14, 2015
مبدئيا أعجبتني هذه الجملة من مقدمة الكاتب :
إن قواعد المنطق ليست قوانين العالم الطبيعي ، كما أنها لا تشكل كل التفكير البشري ، كما يؤكد (مارفن مينسكي) ، ان الفطرة العادية في التفكير و الحس السليم يصعب تفسيرها من حيث المبادئ المنطقية و كذلك القياس ...

و هو ما اوضحته بعض الأمثلة في هذا الكتاب ، و أكدت عليه بالفعل ..
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و ايضا هذه ، و التي وجدتها (تلخص) لأهمية المعرفة بالمغالطات المنطقية .. ، بل و لسببيتها من الأساس ! :
... فالمقدرة على تحليل الحجج توفر مقياسا لتعرف متى تنسحب من المناقشات التي هي على الأرجح عقيمة

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اخيرا فالأمثلة التي اوردها الكاتب ، و أبيات الشعر ، و المادة المصورة كانوا في أحيان كثيرة غير مناسبين اطلاقا ، لشرح او توضيح المغالطة اللي بيعرضها الكاتب
*****
الرابط الذي قرأت الكتاب من خلاله :
https://bookofbadarguments.com/ar/



Profile Image for Hawra habib.
86 reviews22 followers
March 20, 2017
The book discussed different types of argument fallacies, arguments that we encounter every other day but yet we are unaware of it.
Although insightful, I didn`t really get how can I benefit from solely knowing about the types of arguments.
Nonetheless, the illustrations were nice , some of them were hard to relate to the text but in general it was a light book that requires a second reading I guess.
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543 reviews33 followers
June 28, 2020
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Você está cansado de ler coisas bizarras na internet? Argumentos que não fazem sentido? Ideias sem pé nem cabeça? O que você precisa ler e fazer os doidos por aí lerem é esse livro: O livro ilustrado dos maus argumentos.

Cheio de desenhos fofos e explicações bem simples e básicas de falácias argumentativas, o livro do Ali Almossawi é uma leitura necessária em tempos de fake news e bolsonarismo. E o melhor? Se você não tem dinheiro por motivos de pandemia e quarentena para comprar a versão oficial, ele pode ser lido gratuitamente online, em mais de 10 idiomas nesse site. E não é pirata.

Aviso logo que não é uma leitura compreensiva sobre lógica. É uma leitura introdutória e bastante básica. Mas, considerando o atual estado das coisas e a falta de paciência e talvez até de capacidade para leituras mais complexas, digamos que o livro tem o tamanho certo.

Fica a dica!
Profile Image for Fatima Ali.
37 reviews17 followers
March 20, 2017
The book talks about the ways for argument in a particular discussion, and how people react to different opinions by different techniques.

As I understood, that it is the output of years of ongoing learning and personal experience. The writer listed many techniques and supported by examples and quotes from different placed (Books, TV, media ..etc).

Many of these techniques are being implemented unconsciously by human, the writer merely listed and named them accordingly. Personally, I loved the introduction for the meanings of the terms at the beginning of the book, and how they were linked to scientific terms and concepts.

The illustrations were amazing and confusing in the same time for certain examples. I believe they added a value to the book and enriched it with a humorous side.

I suggest the book to be read for a second time, if the reader would like to apply and use these techniques in his reality.
Profile Image for سهى.
108 reviews60 followers
February 9, 2021
على قائمة ك��ب سأجعل أطفالي يقرأونها :)
Profile Image for Mel.
649 reviews79 followers
March 16, 2018
This gives a nice overview of all kinds of bad arguments, but only scratches the surface.
I found this still to be helpful, though.

Lots of these invalid arguments are used constantly and everywhere. There wasn't anything I was surprised by here but it's good to concentrate on basic topics from time to time, I believe. I don't want to make bad arguments myself and I want to be able to find them in other people's reasoning easily.

The illustrations are nice, the examples could be more relatable, so I made some myself...
Profile Image for Mahi.
78 reviews36 followers
September 11, 2021
《 _ واسه چی همیشه صبحونه‌ی من رو می‌خوری؟
_ می‌خوای همه‌ی عادت‌های بدت رو برات بشمرم؟》
می‌دونستید این مکالمه یه مغالطه‌ست؟ یه مغالطه‌ی بزرگ: مغالطه‌ی "خودت چی".
"استدلال‌های بد" شامل نوزده خطای استدلال رایج مثل اینه. این‌جوری که یه صفحه توضیح اون مغالطه‌ست و صفحه‌ی روبه‌رویی اون یه تصویر و یه مثال برای واضح‌تر کردن متن.
"استدلال‌های بد" رو باید خوند، آروم‌آروم خوند، هر بخشش (هر مغالطه‌ش) رو چندبار خوند. باید خوندش و ازش استفاده کرد تا همون‌طور که روی جلد کتاب نوشته شده، حرف حساب زد.

پ.ن: با توجه به این‌که مخاطب اصلی کتاب نوجوانه، کاش ترجمه کمی روون‌تر و ساده‌تر می‌بود.
Profile Image for Nasim Alshakhoori.
21 reviews2 followers
February 26, 2017
مادة الكتاب مفيدة وذات قيمةً.. احببته .. في نظري هو ليس لمن يريد ان يختص فقط .. حتى العوام هم مستخدمون لهذه الحيل في يومياتهم وجميع علاقاتهم .. وبحاجة للمعرفة والتركيز كيف وبما ينطق .. وكسب هذا الفن بحد ذاته مسلي ورائع .. فشكرا للكاتب على مجهودة.
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104 reviews6 followers
March 5, 2017
كتاب ممتع وراقي ورغم عدد صفحاته القليلة إلا انه يحتاج لتركيز عالي واستجماع الافكار وقت القراءة

يتكلم الكتاب عن المغالطات المنطقية في النقاشات والمجادلات .. حيث يستعرض الكاتب باسلوب سلس وبالرسوم والامثلة المغالطات الوارة والمستخدمة .. ومن المضحك إنك ستجد إن هذه المغالطات تمر عليك بشكل شبه يومي.. وعندما كنت أقرأ كل نوع وأقرأ أمثلته أحاول استحضار امثلتي الخاصة التي تنطبق على هذا النوع.. كما وإني أصبحت أدقق على النقاشات والخطب لاستخلص منها المغالطات ...

الكتاب جيدجداً وأنصح بقراءته ..
Profile Image for Zahraa Rabea.
36 reviews3 followers
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February 27, 2017
كتاب جميل يشرح بشكل مبسط طرق المحاورة التي تهدف لاقناع الشخص المقابل او كسب النقاش، استخدام الكاتب للصور لتبسيط الفكرة قد يضيف الى بعض الاشخاص وليس جميعهم مزيد من الفهم.

من خلال فهم الافكار والحيل التي شرحها الكاتب يستطيع القارئ أن يتذكر العديد من المواقف التي تعرض لها في حياته، مثل الاعلانات التجارية التي تحتكم لسلطة خارجية لاثبات فكرتها، (مثل اعلان معجون الاسنان الذي يطلبون فيه رأي طبيب فينصحهم بإن استخدام هذا المعجون هو الافضل)، او كمثال الكاتب المذكور في الكتاب (إن الناس كانوا ينامون لتسع ساعاتٍ قبل عقودٍ مضت، إذن نحن نحتاج أن ننام لتسع ساعات كذلك).

الكتاب غني بالامثلة التي تشرح الفكرة، لذا هو سهل وبداية رائعة لكل من يحب ان يبدأ بقراءة كتب في المنطق.

الجميل في الكتاب أنه اختصر وبشكل جميل جميع أفكار المحاورة بالحيلة، فكانت كل فكرة تأخد صفحة واحدة فقط، كما ان اضافاته من الاقتباسات، اغنى الكتاب وبث فيه الروح التي تسترعي انتباه القارئ.

في النهاية اقتبس من الكاتب (إن المنطق لا يولد حقائق جديدة، ولكن يسمح للمرء أن يتحقق من الإتساق والتماسك في سلسلة الأفكار، ولهذا السبب بالضبط يثبت المنطق أنه أداةٌ فعالة لتحليل وتبادل الأفكار والحجج)، و من هذا الاقتباس شعرت بأنه لا بد من قراءة المزيد من كتب المنطق.


الشكر الجزيل للكاتب واتمنى له المزيد من الاصدارات الناجحة
Profile Image for Anna L  Conti.
23 reviews6 followers
March 9, 2014
Ali Almossawi's book, Bad Arguments is hard to categorize, and hard to place in the bookstore. I am still working my way through this slim, but dense, reference book. It's more than it appears to be at first glance.

It is neither a children's book, nor a facile review of the topic (improving your ability to clarify thoughts and analyze arguments.) Each page-illustration contains condensed, effective tools for "the analysis and communication of ideas" - a subject worthy of the necessary reflection required for this book. I found it somewhat more difficult than the author intended, but worthwhile anyway. I recommend studying one fallacy per week. It will take me about 4 or 5 months to finish the book that way, but I'm hoping it sticks with me.

You can get a good idea of the content of the book at this website: https://bookofbadarguments.com
Profile Image for Davonna Juroe.
Author 3 books142 followers
September 15, 2013
Brilliant book that is accompanied with conductive illustrations.

The importance of knowing about logic fallacies is summed up nicely in Almossawi's Final Remarks, "I hope that you also leave with a realization of the dangers of flimsy arguments and how commonplace they are in our everyday lives."

Hear, hear!

The book is available for free on the author's website along with a request for donation: https://bookofbadarguments.com/

Not to be missed.
Profile Image for يوسف زهدى.
Author 1 book119 followers
December 5, 2014
الكتاب بسيط وجميل جدا, هو عبر عن شرح مبسط لحيل والحوار والمناقشات, وبعض الألاعيب المستخدمة لتغير لكسب النقاشات وبعض المغالطات المنطقية اللي بنشوفها كتير نتيجة التعصب او الاعجاب بالراي وعدم الاعتراف بالخطأ,
الجميل في الكتاب انه بلغة مبسطة جدا وانه فيه امثلة بتشرح كل حيلة ومغالطة
وهو كله على بعضه 50 صفحة نصهم صور بتشرح الحيل والمغالطات بصورة معبرة
الكتاب موجود online ببلاش بعده لغات على الرابط ده
https://bookofbadarguments.com/ar/
Profile Image for HBalikov.
1,867 reviews747 followers
July 11, 2015
Even though the illustrations are cute, this isn't a book for children. So, who is it for?

I never intended to take a course in logic. This is a casual romp through the world of illogical thought. It's nice to be reminded how easily we can be led astray. The best use so far, parsing the words of our political candidates. Already today, I can categorize the bad arguments of three presidential candidates.

Fun, and useful, just not definitive.
Profile Image for يوسف بوحايك.
Author 1 book123 followers
July 14, 2015
كتاب بسيط وسلس بألفاظ سهلة وبأمثلة عن أهم المغالطات المنطقية المنتشرة كثيرا للأسف في الإعلام والحوار عموما، بل الأسوء أنك تلاحظها عند كبار المفكّرين رغم بساطتها وتهافتها، يرفق مع كلّ مغالطة مثال أو أكثر مع مثال مصوّر للتوضيح أكثر، كتاب أنصح به كلّ مهتم بالفكر والفلسفة خاصة المبتدئين.

رابط الكتاب بالعربية:
https://bookofbadarguments.com/ar/
رابط الكتاب بالإنجليزية:
https://bookofbadarguments.com/
Profile Image for Gina.
335 reviews12 followers
January 28, 2018
With the turn political discourse has taken, I feel like this should be required reading in high school (if not earlier). Even when the written explanations are a bit dense, the illustrations help clarify and offer context to the concept. Also, they're cute, because animals, so that's a plus.
Profile Image for Christine.
6,835 reviews521 followers
July 30, 2015
This short little book is a good look at some of the most common fallacies. It has good use of illustrations and does a very good job conveying the information.
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