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Nonsense: Red Herrings, Straw Men and Sacred Cows: How We Abuse Logic in Our Everyday Language | 
| Author: Robert J. Gula
Publisher: Axios Press
Category: Book
List Price: $12.00
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Rating:  14 reviews
Sales Rank: 46207
Media: Paperback
Pages: 245
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 8 x 5 x 0.7
ISBN: 0975366262
Dewey Decimal Number: 100
EAN: 9780975366264
ASIN: 0975366262
Publication Date: April 25, 2002
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Product Description
Nonsense is the best compilation and study of verbal logical fallacies available anywhere. It is a handbook of the myriad ways we go about being illogical--how we deceive others and ourselves, how we think and argue in ways that are disorderly, disorganized, or irrelevant. Nonsense is also a short course in nonmathematical logical thinking, especially important for students of philosophy and economics. A book of remarkable scholarship, Nonsense is unexpectedly relaxed, informal, and accessible.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 9 more reviews...
 True Sense February 8, 2008
Bernard Chapin (CHICAGO! USA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I used to debate in college and recollect many a common place logical fallacy; although, in the course of the last year I have found myself going online more and more in order to reread the various forms in which "nonsense" takes in the public square. This caused me to pick up three non-textbook works on the subject last week. Even though the late Mr. Gula's book has a non-scholarly title it is very erudite endeavor. He dissects every form of diversion, confusion of cause and effect, oversimplication, ambiguity, and erroneous comparisons and contrasts in these pages. Specific terms are placed in bold print and allow readers to adjust and intensify their concentration accordingly. Further, he makes use of everyday, non-mathematical language which can be easily understood by laymen. I found it an enjoyable read and this is one of those rare works I will use as a reference. It was written in 1979 and some of the examples, as so many of them are political, are rather dated but one still has no difficulty grasping their meaning. I wish more people were familiar with logic...it would make the world a far better place.
Clear, Concise, and Focused. February 8, 2008
Bernard Chapin (CHICAGO! USA)
9 out of 10 found this review helpful
I used to debate in college and recollect many a common place logical fallacy; although, in the course of the last year I have found myself going online more and more in order to reread the various forms in which "nonsense" takes in the public square. This caused me to pick up three non-textbook works on the subject last week. Even though the late Mr. Gula's book has a non-scholarly title it is very erudite endeavor. He dissects every form of diversion, confusion of cause and effect, oversimplication, ambiguity, and erroneous comparisons and contrasts in these pages. Specific terms are placed in bold print and allow readers to adjust and intensify their concentration accordingly. Further, he makes use of everyday, non-mathematical language which can be easily understood by laymen. I found it an enjoyable read and this is one of those rare works I will use as a reference. It was written in 1979 and some of the examples, as so many of them are political, are rather dated but one still has no difficulty grasping their meaning. I wish more people were familiar with logic...it would make the world a far better place.
Learn to spot nonsense December 31, 2007
NY Reader (New York)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
What Strunk & White did for grammar with their Elements of Style, Gula does for verbal logic. Nonsense is straight forward and easy to understand.
No longer will you fall prey to verbal logical fallacies used by politicians, advertisers, news reports, and others who may try to persuade you with their nonsense.
mostly good, but runs out of steam near the end June 10, 2007
Michael Lewyn (Jacksonville, FL)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
The first 2/3 of this book is a good listing of logical fallacies. Although Gula's discussion may mostly be common sense, I haven't ever quite seen such a comprehensive list of errors before. Near the end, this little book runs out of steam: the last few chapters are hard to follow, and Gula occasionally oversimplifies by failing to explain exactly why.
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