Do They Think You're Stupid: 100 Ways Of Spotting Spin And Nonsense From The Media, Celebrities And Politicians
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Do They Think You're Stupid: 100 Ways Of Spotting Spin And Nonsense From The Media, Celebrities And Politicians
By (Author) Julian Baggini
Granta Books
Granta Books
27th April 2010
4th March 2010
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
100
Physical Properties
Paperback
352
Width 129mm, Height 198mm, Spine 22mm
248g
Description
This companion volume to The Pig That Wants To Be Eaten provides another rapid-fire selection of short, stimulating and entertaining capsules of philosophy. This time the focus is on the bad argumentative moves people use all the time, in politics, the media and everyday life. Each entry is around 700 words and takes as its starting point an example of questionable reasoning from the media or literature. As with The Pig, the aim is to give readers something to chew on and work through for themselves.
Author Bio
Julian Baggini is the editor and co-founder of The Philosophers' Magazine. His books include Do You Think What You Think You Think (with Jeremy Stangroom), What's It All About - Philosophy and the Meaning of Life and The Pig That Wants to be Eaten, all published by Granta Books.
