Book description
This new edition of a timeless classic demonstrates how the use of
clear, rational thinking and logic can win any argument, however
emotionally charged the topic in question. It describes the typical
flaws of reasoning in argument and shows how language can be used to
deceive - and how to avoid being deceived. It will show you how, by
learning what is 'straight', rational language, and clear thought, you
can disentangle emotionally charged rhetoric and hold your own in any
argument or debate, no matter how challenging. Although written nearly
80 years ago, this book proves that certain principles remain timeless;
it has shown many thousands over the decades how to cope with media spin
and distorted reasoning - and now it will do the same for you. Born in
1894, Robert Thouless was a psychologist. He was Head of the Department
of Psychology in Glasgow until 1938, after which he became Reader and
Reader Emeritus at Cambridge. He specialised in logic, rationality and
the study of responses to the paranormal and wrote several titles in
addition to this one. He died in 1984.
