Crimes Against Logic: Exposing the Bogus Arguments of Politicians, Priests, Journalists, and Other Serial Offenders

Author: Jamie Whyte
Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional
ISBN: 007178439X
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 174

Book Description
Uncover the truth under all the BS In the daily battle for our hearts and minds--not to mention our hard-earned cash--the truth is usually the first casualty. It's time we learned how to see through the rhetoric, faulty reasoning, and misinformation that we're subjected to from morning to night by talk-radio hosts, op-ed columnists, advertisers, self-help gurus, business "thinkers," and, of course, politicians. And no one is better equipped to show us how than award-winning philosopher Jamie Whyte. In Crimes Against Logic Whyte take us on a fast-paced, ruthlessly funny romp through the mulligan stew of can, folderol, and bogus logic served up in the media, at the office, and even in your own home. Applying his laserlike wit to dozens of timely examples, Whyte cuts through the haze of facts, figures, and double-talk and gets at the real truth behind what they're telling us. "An incisive philosopher." --Sunday Telegraph

How to Win Arguments

Author: William A. Rusher
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 222

Book Description
This entertaining work, sprinkled with illustrative real-life anecdotes, is a comprehensive guide to the techniques, rhetorical devices and principles of successful argumentation. The author, a debater since age thirteen, has lectured widely. Publisher of the National Review, Rusher is also a television commentator and syndicated columnist. Originally published by Doubleday in 1981.

Bad Thoughts

Author: swamy sr
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781546848295
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 210

Book Description
S-formula is a solution for your thousands of problems. S-formula is a medicine for thousands of diseases. S-formula means save semen, store semen, protect semen in your body. All diseases are coming due to loss of semen in your body. I did 35 years research on god and found god. I done 35 years research on health and found the secrete of health. I invented s-formula. To bring peace in the world, s-formula is made. S-formula means save semen. Semen - the foundation of a male & female body. S-formula cures all diseases without medicine and without any physical exercise. S-formula is not a medicine but it is a meditation. S-formula is knowledge based training. Follow s-formula and make your life beautiful. Semen is like electrical current in our body. Semen keeps our body, hot in cold region, cold in hot region. The conservation of semen is very essential to strength of body and mind. Semen is an organic fluid, seminal fluid. Look younger, think cleverer, live longer, if you save semen. Veerya, dhatu, shukra or semen is life. Virginity is a physical, moral, and intelluctual safe guard to young man. Semen is the most powerful energy in the world. One who has master of this art is the master of all.Semen is truely a precious jewel. A greek philosopher told that only once in his life time. Conservation of seminal energy is s-formula. As you think, so you become. Semen is marrow to your bones, food to your brain, oil to your joints, and sweetness to your breath.. S-formula is the art of living, it is the art of life, and it is the way of life. The person one who knows s-formula; he is the master of all arts. Whatever the problems, saving semen is no more injures the body and the soul. Self discipline is better than any other line of conduct. A healthy mind lives in a healthy body. If children are ruined, the entire nation ruined. All diseases coming from loss of semen, can be rectified by only by saving semen. Semen produces semen & semen kills semen. Always save semen, store semen; protect semen from birth to death. Semen once you lost that will not come back - lost is lost. Loss of semen causes your life waste.Quality of your life says the quality of your semen. Use semen only when you need baby. Waste of one drop of semen is the waste of one drop of brain. Keep always the level of semen more than that normal level in your body. All diseases will attack due to loss of semen only. You do any physical exercise only if you are healthy. Prevention is better than cure. Semen is a pure blood and food for all cells of your body. Semen once you wasted cannot be regained. Lost is lost. Waste persons are wasting lot of semen. You reject marriages, if you waste semen. A man one who not wasted single drop of semen in his life, he is called healthy man. Do not touch any male in your life. Do not touch any female in your life. If you touch, your semen goes out of your body. Do not support any activity which causes loss of semen internally or externally in your body. Loss of semen makes you loss of health and loss of wealth. Both the parents produce semen and contribute to their children. Semen is the most powerful energy in the world. Semen retention is very valuable for both spiritual and mental health. If semen is drying up makes one old. Keep always your sex organs strong. As semen quantity increases your power of sex organ increases. Waste of one drop of semen is the waste of one drop of brain. Semen is food for Brain. If you lose semen you lose your brain. Brain is very important organ in our body. The liquid mixed with sperm/ovum is called semen. There are two types of semen. One is male semen and another is female semen. Semen is also called as veerya, shukra, dhathu, bhindu in our language(kannada). Semen is in the form of blood, flesh, fat, bone, bonemarrow in our body. All 79 organs in our body made by semen only. BySwamy sr B.E.civil. 9632559162 (india) (+91)[email protected]

Lend Me Your Ears

Author: Max Atkinson
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0198041209
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 385

Book Description
The room darkens and grows hushed, all eyes to the front as the screen comes to life. Eagerly the audience starts to thumb the pages of their handouts, following along breathlessly as the slides go by one after the other...We're not sure what the expected outcome was when PowerPoint first emerged as the industry standard model of presentation, but reality has shown few positive results. Research reveals that there is much about this format that audiences positively dislike, and that the old school rules of classical rhetoric are still as effective as they ever were for maximizing impact. Renowned communications researcher, consultant, and speech coach Max Atkinson presents these findings and more in a groundbreaking and refreshing approach that highlights the secrets of successful communication, and shows how anyone can put these into practice and become an effective speaker or presenter.

Media and Crime in the U.S.

Author: Yvonne Jewkes
Publisher: SAGE Publications
ISBN: 1483373916
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 304

Book Description
The rise of mobile and social media means that everyday crime news is now more immediate, more visual, and more democratically produced than ever. Offering new and innovative ways of understanding the relationship between media and crime, Media and Crime in the U.S. critically examines the influence of media coverage of crimes on culture and identity in the United States and across the globe. With comprehensive coverage of the theories, research, and key issues, acclaimed author Yvonne Jewkes and award-winning professor Travis Linnemann have come together to shed light on some of the most troubling questions surrounding media and crime today. The free open-access Student Study site at study.sagepub.com/jewkesus features web quizzes, web resources, and more. Instructors, sign in at study.sagepub.com/jewkesus for additional resources!

The Shoah on Screen

Author: Anne-Marie Baron
Publisher: Council of Europe
ISBN: 9287159602
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 128

Book Description
This publication considers how cinema, as a major modern art form, has covered topics relating to the Holocaust in documentaries and fiction, historical reconstructions and more symbolic films, focusing on the question of realism in ethical and artistic terms. It explores a range of issues, including whether cinema is an appropriate method for informing people about the Holocaust compared to other media such as CD-ROMs, video or archive collections; whether it is possible to inform and appeal to the emotions without being explicit; and how the medium can nurture greater sensitivity among increasingly younger audiences which have been inured by the many images of violence conveyed in the media. Films discussed include Schindler's List, Life is Beautiful, The Pianist, Sophie's Choice, Shoah, Au revoir les enfants, The Great Dictator and To Be or Not to Be.

Why Debate

Author: Shawn Briscoe
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780997868449
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :

Book Description
In Why Debate: Transformed by Academic Discourse, Shawn F. Briscoe and a diverse group of individuals introduce readers to academic, competitive debate in our secondary schools and institutions of higher learning.Over the course of twenty chapters, eighteen authors address the role of academic debate on educational development, interpersonal relationships, career and professional lives, and society. Misunderstood or unknown by outsiders, academic debate has far reaching impacts upon our world. This collection of essays, highlights the significance the activity has, not just on those who engage in it, but upon people everywhere. Competitive debate serves as a foundation for growth as students learn to navigate through society, form relationships, and develop the skills they need to succeed in college and beyond. Those who participate in the activity develop skills and dispositions that help them succeed in their chosen professions. Ultimately, debate makes us aware of what needs changed in the world; and it gives us the ability to effect meaningful change.

Mastering Logical Fallacies

Author: Michael Withey
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN: 1623157110
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 140

Book Description
"If I have learned anything in ten years of formal debating, it is that arguments are no different: without a good understanding of the rules and tactics, you are likely to do poorly and be beaten."—HENRY ZHANG, President of the Yale Debate Association Your argument is valid and you know it; yet once again you find yourself leaving a debate feeling defeated and embarrassed. The matter is only made worse when you realize that your defeat came at the hands of someone's abuse of logic—and that with the right skills you could have won the argument. The ability to recognize logical fallacies when they occur is an essential life skill. Mastering Logical Fallacies is the clearest, boldest, and most systematic guide to dominating the rules and tactics of successful arguments. This book offers methodical breakdowns of the logical fallacies behind exceedingly common, yet detrimental, argumentative mistakes, and explores them through real life examples of logic-gone-wrong. Designed for those who are ready to gain the upper hand over their opponents, this master class teaches the necessary skills to identify your opponents' misuse of logic and construct effective, arguments that win. With the empowering strategies offered in Mastering Logical Fallacies you'll be able to reveal the slight-of-hand flaws in your challengers' rhetoric, and seize control of the argument with bulletproof logic.

Tactical Biopolitics

Author: Beatriz Da Costa
Publisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 0262514915
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 535

Book Description
Scientists, scholars, and artists consider the political significance of recent advances in the biological sciences. Popular culture in this “biological century” seems to feed on proliferating fears, anxieties, and hopes around the life sciences at a time when such basic concepts as scientific truth, race and gender identity, and the human itself are destabilized in the public eye. Tactical Biopolitics suggests that the political challenges at the intersection of life, science, and art are best addressed through a combination of artistic intervention, critical theorizing, and reflective practices. Transcending disciplinary boundaries, contributions to this volume focus on the political significance of recent advances in the biological sciences and explore the possibility of public participation in scientific discourse, drawing on research and practice in art, biology, critical theory, anthropology, and cultural studies. After framing the subject in terms of both biology and art, Tactical Biopolitics discusses such topics as race and genetics (with contributions from leading biologists Richard Lewontin and Richard Levins); feminist bioscience; the politics of scientific expertise; bioart and the public sphere (with an essay by artist Claire Pentecost); activism and public health (with an essay by Treatment Action Group co-founder Mark Harrington); biosecurity after 9/11 (with essays by artists' collective Critical Art Ensemble and anthropologist Paul Rabinow); and human-animal interaction (with a framing essay by cultural theorist Donna Haraway). Contributors Gaymon Bennett, Larry Carbone, Karen Cardozo, Gary Cass, Beatriz da Costa, Oron Catts, Gabriella Coleman, Critical Art Ensemble, Gwen D'Arcangelis, Troy Duster, Donna Haraway, Mark Harrington, Jens Hauser, Kathy High, Fatimah Jackson, Gwyneth Jones, Jonathan King, Richard Levins, Richard Lewontin, Rachel Mayeri, Sherie McDonald, Claire Pentecost, Kavita Philip, Paul Rabinow, Banu Subramanian, subRosa, Abha Sur, Samir Sur, Jacqueline Stevens, Eugene Thacker, Paul Vanouse, Ionat Zurr

The Fire Next Door

Author: Ted Galen Carpenter
Publisher: Cato Institute
ISBN: 1937184552
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 55

Book Description
Since the Mexican government initiated a military offensive against its country’s powerful drug cartels in December 2006, some 50,000 people have perished and the drugs continue to flow. In The Fire Next Door, Ted Galen Carpenter boldly conveys the growing horror overtaking Mexico and makes the case that the only effective strategy for the United States is to abandon its failed drug prohibition policy, thus depriving drug cartels of financial resources.