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OSt |
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20210518154241.0 |
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
0812971159 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
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| Transcribing agency |
Krishna |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
160 MCI |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
McInerny, Dennis Q. |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Being logical : |
| Remainder of title |
a guide to good thinking / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
Dennis Q McInerny. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc |
New York : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc |
Random House, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc |
2004. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
xvi, 137 p. : |
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ill. ; |
| Dimensions |
22 cm. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
An essential tool for our post-truth world: a witty primer on logic—and the dangers of illogical thinking—by a renowned Notre Dame professor<br/><br/>Logic is synonymous with reason, judgment, sense, wisdom, and sanity. Being logical 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.<br/><br/>Elegant, pithy, and precise, Being Logical 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.<br/><br/>An indispensable guide to using logic to advantage in everyday life, this is a concise, crisply readable book. Written explicitly for the layperson, McInerny’s Being Logical promises to take its place beside Strunk and White’s The Elements of Style as a classic of lucid, invaluable advice. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Logic. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Reasoning. |
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Thought and thinking. |
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Books |
