Fatal Fallacies: How Ideologues Repeal the Laws of Logic - Couverture rigide

Griffin, C W

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1490749004 ISBN 13 : 9781490749006

Editeur : Trafford Publishing, 2014

Synopsis

In the unprecedented assault on science and logical thinking afflicting the U.S., the role of lies has been recognized, if not adequately, by the general media. Almost totally ignored, however, are the logical fallacies perpetrating ideological nonsense. Christian fundamentalists and Republican plutocrats have formed our first religiously based national political party, dedicated to lower taxes on the rich and imposition of a superstitious dictatorship by the busybodies. Led by Fox News and Rush Limbaugh, the world's highest paid professional liar, the enemies of science and reason have deliberately accelerated the dumbing of America. Republican presidential candidates must reject climate science, and they can't unequivocally endorse the Theory of Evolution (which Theodore Roosevelt did 135 years ago). Enforced by determined Tea Party zealots, this process suppresses fact, endlessly repeats lies, and, more importantly, ignores logic. Every fallacy in the logic textbooks, buttressed by politically originated fallacies, is exploited to the fullest extent. These fallacies include the slippery slope, straw men, red herrings, reversing the burden of proof, vicious circles, language perversion, and single-entry bookkeeping, all united in rejection of science and perpetuation of free-lunch patriotism, supply-side economics, and other false ideologies.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Trafford Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2014
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1490749004
• ISBN 13: 9781490749006
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 170
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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