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| Author | : Carl R. Trueman |
| Publisher | : Crossway |
| Total Pages | : 212 |
| Release | : 2010 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1581349238 |
"Histories and Fallacies is a primer on the conceptual and methodological problems in the discipline of history."--from publisher description.
| Author | : Carl R. Trueman |
| Publisher | : Crossway |
| Total Pages | : 194 |
| Release | : 2010-11-03 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 143352080X |
Recent years have brought about a crisis of confidence in the historical profession, leading increasing numbers of readers to ask the question: “How can I know that the stories told by a historian are reliable?” Histories and Fallacies is a primer for those seeking guidance through conceptual and methodological problems in the discipline of history. Historian Carl Trueman presents a series of classic historical problems as a way to examine what history is, what it means, and how it can be told and understood. Each chapter in Histories and Fallacies gives an account of a particular problem, examines a classic example of that problem, and then suggests a solution or approach that will bear fruit. Readers who come to understand the question of objectivity through an examination of Holocaust denial or interpretive frameworks through Marxism will not just be learning theory but will already be practicing fruitful approaches to history. Histories and Fallacies guides both readers and writers of history away from dead ends and methodological mistakes, and into a fresh confidence in the productive nature of the historical task.
| Author | : Ian Tattersall |
| Publisher | : Black Dog & Leventhal |
| Total Pages | : 256 |
| Release | : 2018-03-20 |
| Genre | : True Crime |
| ISBN | : 0316503703 |
An entertaining collection of the most audacious and underhanded deceptions in the history of mankind, from sacred relics to financial schemes to fake art, music, and identities. World history is littered with tall tales and those who have fallen for them. Ian Tattersall, a curator emeritus at the American Museum of Natural History, has teamed up with Peter Névraumont to tell this anti-history of the world, in which Michelangelo fakes a masterpiece; Arctic explorers seek an entrance into a hollow Earth; a Shakespeare tragedy is "rediscovered"; a financial scheme inspires Charles Ponzi; a spirit photographer snaps Abraham Lincoln's ghost; people can survive ingesting only air and sunshine; Edgar Allen Poe is the forefather of fake news; and the first human was not only British but played cricket. Told chronologically, HOAX begins with the first documented announcement of the end of the world in 2800 BC and winds its way through controversial tales such as the Loch Ness Monster and the Shroud of Turin, past proven fakes such as the Thomas Jefferson's ancient wine and the Davenport Tablets built by a lost race, and explores bald-faced lies in the worlds of art, science, literature, journalism, and finance.
| Author | : David H. Fischer |
| Publisher | : Harper Collins |
| Total Pages | : 370 |
| Release | : 1970-12-30 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0061315451 |
"If one laughs when David Hackett Fischer sits down to play, one will stay to cheer. His book must be read three times: the first in anger, the srcond in laughter, the third in respect....The wisdom is expressed with a certin ruthlessness. Scarcly a major historian escapes unscathed. Ten thousand members of the AmericanHistorical Association will rush to the index and breathe a little easier to find their names absent.
| Author | : Martin Gardner |
| Publisher | : Courier Corporation |
| Total Pages | : 384 |
| Release | : 2012-05-04 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 0486131629 |
Fair, witty appraisal of cranks, quacks, and quackeries of science and pseudoscience: hollow earth, Velikovsky, orgone energy, Dianetics, flying saucers, Bridey Murphy, food and medical fads, and much more.
| Author | : Philip Ward |
| Publisher | : Skyhorse Publishing Inc. |
| Total Pages | : 497 |
| Release | : 2012-06 |
| Genre | : Humor |
| ISBN | : 1616083360 |
Everything you thought you knew was...
| Author | : C. L. Hamblin |
| Publisher | : Advanced Reasoning Forum |
| Total Pages | : 327 |
| Release | : 2022-03-18 |
| Genre | : Philosophy |
| ISBN | : 1938421671 |
C. L. (Charles Leonard) Hamblin (1922–1985) received his undergraduate degree in philosophy, mathematics, and physics and an M.A. in philosophy at Monash University. He received a Ph.D. at the London School of Economics in language and information theory. From 1955 to 1985 he was Lecturer then Professor in the School of Philosophy of the University of New South Wales, making lasting contributions to both philosophy and computer science. Hamblin's Fallacies "was the first full-length scholarly book on fallacies since the Middle Ages, and arguably since Aristotle's Sophistical Refutations itself." Jim Mackenzie, Informal Logic "As important as it is as a historical study, Hamblin's Fallacies is even more important today for its signal contribution to our understanding and analysis of informal arguments. . . . with its extensive historical overview and sharp analyses of the logical fallacies." John Plecnik and John Hoaglund The Advanced Reasoning Forum is pleased to make available this reproduction of the 1970 text with a preface from 1986 in its Classic Reprints series.
| Author | : Sotirios A. Barber |
| Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
| Total Pages | : 256 |
| Release | : 2013-01-01 |
| Genre | : Political Science |
| ISBN | : 0674067967 |
Barber shows how arguments for states’ rights from John C. Calhoun to the present offend common sense, logic, and bedrock constitutional principles. The Constitution is a charter of positive benefits, not a contract among separate sovereigns whose function is to protect people from the central government, when there are greater dangers to confront.
| Author | : Stephen K. Campbell |
| Publisher | : Courier Corporation |
| Total Pages | : 210 |
| Release | : 2012-05-14 |
| Genre | : Mathematics |
| ISBN | : 0486140512 |
Nontechnical survey helps improve ability to judge statistical evidence and to make better-informed decisions. Discusses common pitfalls: unrealistic estimates, improper comparisons, premature conclusions, and faulty thinking about probability. 1974 edition.
| Author | : Jacob E. Van Vleet |
| Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
| Total Pages | : 135 |
| Release | : 2021-01-28 |
| Genre | : Philosophy |
| ISBN | : 076187254X |
Critical thinking is now needed more than ever. This accessible and engaging book provides the necessary tools to question and challenge the discourse that surrounds us—whether in the media, the classroom, or everyday conversation. Additionally, it offers readers a deeper understanding of the foundations of analytical thought. Informal Logical Fallacies: A Brief Guide is a systematic and concise introduction to more than fifty fallacies, from anthropomorphism and argumentum ad baculum, to reductionism and the slippery slope argument. This revised edition includes updated examples, exercises, and a new chapter on non-Western logical fallacies. With helpful definitions and relevant explanations, the author guides the reader through the realms of fallacious reasoning and deceptive rhetoric. This is an essential guide to philosophical reflection and clear thinking.
