The Art of Argument: An Introduction to the Informal Fallacies Workbook (Revised Edition)

This new, revised edition includes fresh examples, enhanced explanations, and a refreshed design. All of the best features of the award-winning first edition are preserved, and they have incorporated more comprehensive instruction about how to detect and avoid each of the 28 fallacies covered in the book. Updated fallacy examples for today’s students and several new dialogues with everyone's favorite philosopher, Socrates, have been added as well. This edition also includes taxonomic fallacy trees to give students and teachers helpful visual guides as they seek to understand the commonalities and differences between the fallacies. Additional explanations and examples have been provided in the teacher’s edition (sold separately) to better equip instructors to guide their students through the most challenging fallacy identifications. One of the most important additions in this revision is a more explicit call for students and teachers to be truth seekers who approach debate, disagreement