Author | Robert H. Thouless |
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Language | English |
Genre | Logic, psychology and education |
Publisher | Simon & Schuster |
Publication date
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1930 |
Media type | Print (hardcover and paperback) |
Pages | 261 pp |
ISBN | |
OCLC | 1230940 |
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LC Class | BC108 .T48 1974 |
Straight and Crooked Thinking, first published in 1930 and revised in 1953, is a book by Robert H. Thouless which describes, assesses and critically analyses flaws in reasoning and argument. Thouless describes it as a practical manual, rather than a theoretical one.
Thirty-eight fallacies are discussed in the book. Among them are: