{"product_id":"being-logical-a-guide-to-good-thinking","title":"Being Logical: A Guide to Good Thinking","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eAn essential tool for our post-truth world: a witty primer on logic—and the dangers of illogical thinking—by a renowned Notre Dame professor\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLogic is synonymous with reason, judgment, sense, wisdom, and sanity. Being\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003elogical is the ability to create concise and reasoned arguments—arguments that build from given premises, using evidence, to a genuine conclusion. But mastering logical thinking also requires studying and understanding illogical thinking, both to sharpen one’s own skills and to protect against incoherent, or deliberately misleading, reasoning.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eElegant, pithy, and precise, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBeing Logical\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e breaks logic down to its essentials through clear analysis, accessible examples, and focused insights. D. Q. McInerney covers the sources of illogical thinking, from naïve optimism to narrow-mindedness, before dissecting the various tactics—red herrings, diversions, and simplistic reasoning—the illogical use in place of effective reasoning.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn indispensable guide to using logic to advantage in everyday life, this is a concise, crisply readable book. Written explicitly for the layperson, McInerny’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBeing Logical\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e promises to take its place beside Strunk and White’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Elements of Style\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e as a classic of lucid, invaluable advice.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ePraise for\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eBeing Logical\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Highly readable . . . D. Q. McInerny offers an introduction to symbolic logic in plain English, so you can finally be clear on what is deductive reasoning and what is inductive. And you’ll see how deductive arguments are constructed.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eDetroit Free Press\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“McInerny’s explanatory outline of sound thinking will be eminently beneficial to expository writers, debaters, and public speakers.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eBooklist\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Given the shortage of logical thinking,\u003cbr\u003eAnd the fact that mankind is adrift, if not sinking,\u003cbr\u003eIt is vital that all of us learn to think straight.\u003cbr\u003eAnd this small book by D.Q. McInerny is great.\u003cbr\u003eIt follows therefore since we so badly need it,\u003cbr\u003eEverybody should not only but it, but read it.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"EnglishBookHouse","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52751585837419,"sku":null,"price":1200.0,"currency_code":"PKR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0961\/7971\/6459\/files\/sddefault.jpg?v=1768213012","url":"https:\/\/www.thereadingtime.com\/products\/being-logical-a-guide-to-good-thinking","provider":"THE READING TIME","version":"1.0","type":"link"}