38 dishonest tricks of argument
Posted in Thinking on Apr 15th, 2008
Thirty-eight dishonest tricks of argument (taken from “Straight and crooked thinking” by Robert H. Thouless, Pan Books, ISBN 0 330 24127 3, copyright 1930, 1953 and 1974):
(1) The use of emotionally toned words (pp 10-25)
Dealt with by translating the statement into words emotionally neutral
(2) Making a statement in which “all” is implied but “some” is [...]