The Amazing Dr. Ransom's Bestiary of Adorable Fallacies - Softcover

Wilson, Douglas; Wilson, N. D.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1591281873 ISBN 13: 9781591281870

Publisher: Canon Press, 2017

Synopsis

Stymied and stumped by arguments that wrap around you like web of mystification? The Amazing Dr. Ransom's Bestiary of Adorable Fallacies is here to help! This "Field Guide for Clear Thinkers" is filled with illustrations, descriptions, exercises, and analysis to help you identify and avoid fallacies you might encounter in everyday life. Describing fifty informal fallacies organized by context--fallacies of distraction, ambiguity, form, and "millennial fallacies"--each is described as a (adorable yet venomous) creature one might encounter in the wild, complete with illustration and fantastical description. This book is perfect for supplementing any high school or college logic curriculum or as an independent read for adults who want to learn more about logic! Each fallacy is followed by discussion questions and exercises; a line-listed answer key and both one and two-semester schedules are included in the back of the book.

The Amazing Dr. Ransom’s Bestiary of Adorable Fallacies is a Christian philosophy book filled with illustrations, descriptions, exercises, and analysis designed to help you identify and avoid fallacies encountered in everyday life. This modern philosophy field guide for clear thinkers introduces 50 informal logical fallacies carefully grouped into distinct families – fallacies of distraction, ambiguity, form, and "millennial fallacies" – and organized by context making it ideal for those who are lost by the complexity of an argument. These logic books offer a creative description of each fallacy through adorable yet venomous illustrations of creatures you encounter in the wild. These depictions are presented with a name, nickname, and a sketch of their adorable, harmless form and their true feral form. This helps the readers understand how a seemingly harmless logical fallacy can potentially take a dangerous turn. These homeschooling books are perfect for high school or college students and independent readers alike.

About this title

About the Author

Douglas Wilson is a Senior Fellow at New Saint Andrews College and pastor of Christ Church, both in Moscow, Idaho, and is the author of numerous books, including Introductory Logic, with Jim Nance. He and his wife Nancy have three children and oodles of grandchildren.

N.D. Wilson is a Young Adult Fiction writer and has written series such as 100 Cupboards, The Ashtown Burials, and Outlaws of Time. He enjoys high winds, milk, and night-time. He received his Masters degree from Saint John's College in Annapolis, Maryland, and is also a Fellow of Literature at New Saint Andrews College. His writing has appeared in Books & Culture, The Chattahoochee Review, and Esquire

Edition details

• Publisher: Canon Press
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1591281873
• ISBN 13: 9781591281870
• Binding: Paperback
• Illustrator: Dickison Forrest
• Number of pages: 336