{"product_id":"being-logical-a-guide-to-good-thinking","title":"Being Logical: A Guide to Good Thinking","description":"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\n\nLogic is synonymous with reason, judgment, sense, wisdom, and sanity. Beinglogical 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.\n\nElegant, 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.\n\nAn 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.\n\nPraise for Being Logical\n\n“Highly readable . . . D. Q. McInerny offers an introduction to symbolic logic in plain English, so you can finally be clear on what is deductive reasoning and what is inductive. And you’ll see how deductive arguments are constructed.”—Detroit Free Press\n\n“McInerny’s explanatory outline of sound thinking will be eminently beneficial to expository writers, debaters, and public speakers.”—Booklist\n\n“Given the shortage of logical thinking,\nAnd the fact that mankind is adrift, if not sinking,\nIt is vital that all of us learn to think straight.\nAnd this small book by D.Q. McInerny is great.\nIt follows therefore since we so badly need it,\nEverybody should not only but it, but read it.”\n—Charles Osgood\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0812971159\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.0812971159.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:McInerny, D.Q.\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41580374655034,"sku":"DBV.0812971159.G","price":8.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/0812971159-0.jpg?v=1785991922","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/being-logical-a-guide-to-good-thinking","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}