Customer Reviews
Good Reference - By: , 14 Aug 2002 
If you're looking for somethingin the same style as Warburton's Philosophy: The Basics (which is highly recommended) you may be a bit disappointedin this book. The style is very much more like a dictionary of thinking. Each entry describes a kind of argument or thought pattern & is cross referenced to others. This makes it a bit difficult to readin a lineary fashion but does aidin it's use as a reference tool. 5 stars for content, 3 stars for format.
Clear thinking made clear! - By: , 14 Sep 2000 
This book should be compulsory preparation for anyone who has to read the output of politicians, consultants, journalists, pundits or expertsin any field.
I have not come across a more accessible guide the the rhetoric, sloppy thinking, & pure sophistry that is evidentin much factual analysis & opinion today.
Buy at once!
Useful Glossary of Philosophical Terminology - By: Azlan Adnan, 19 Aug 2000 Being able to spot poor reasoning & diversionary tactics such as fallacies, gobbledegook, jargon, pseudo-profundity & smokescreens will put more clout behind your arguments & sharpen your thinking. As an introduction to critical thinking, this delightfully concise little book provides some of the basic tools for clear thinking on any issue. The techniques & topics discussed are transferable & can be applied to any areain which clear thought is required: they have direct applicationsin most academic disciplines &in any facet of lifein which people present reasons & evidencein support of conclusions.
Nowin its second edition, this book is a set text for the Open University A211 Philosophy & the Human Situation course. It will give you the power to tell a good from a bad argument. Using witty & topical examples, author Nigel Warburton will enable you to distinguish with confidence between a red herring & a straw man. This new edition updates the whole text & includes many new entries, all listedin alphabetical order. However, the next edition should include the following suggested entries: * ergo et sum * I think, therefore I am * Rene Descartes * logic * Betrand Russell * Lateral thinking * Six Thinking Hats * tautology
