Mastering Logical Fallacies
The Definitive Guide to Flawless Rhetoric and Bulletproof Logic

Too new at rhetoric to provide an informed review of the content. The book design however, is top notch. Lots of color, white space and illustrations to help the mind digest all that heavy logic.......more

I started out liking Michael Whitney’s book a lot. I thought the layout made sense, where after the chapter title, the author would present the logic statement (i.e., Person A makes claim P; person B states that A has a bad character; therefore, P is false). This is followed by a layman’s definition......more

Given the sheer amount of imprecision, anti-intellectualism, and pseudo-intellectualism prevalent in modern discourse, books like this are made all the more necessary. Withey has set up essentially an alphabetical list of common fallacies along with easy to understand examples and suggestions for ho......more

I am glad I received this on Christmas! The book is a comprehensive self-help book that lists logical fallacies, how to ascertain them, why they are logically fallacious, why they are relevant in the real-world, and how to devise a comeback during debate. This was an excellent extension of my previous......more

This is a fantastic crash course in logical fallacies. The author breaks them down simply, gives real world examples as well as counters to each 2nd read: I’ll keep this short and sweet. I wanted to read this again because it’s the best book I’ve read on logical fallacies, how to spot them, and how to......more