Arguing Well

Rating:
Summary: Active Scrutiny
Review: The first half:
The main value of this book is to teach people to notice poor arguments in their daily lives, such as reading, during the TV news, talking to a congressperson or one's children/parents. The idea is that if you see why arguments fail, that will make you more aware of your own faulty arguments and maybe fix them.

The book is very concentrated in few pages so there is no excuse not to read it. It's not 500 pages of esoteric jabber by law clerks during a trail.

The second half: It's all basic logic and truth tables, so you get some academics to boot.

Then, the final chapter, 6, is the most philosophical, giving the reasoning why reason is better than non-reason -- truthfinding.