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Straight and Crooked Thinking

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Straight and Crooked Thinking, first published in 1930 and revised in 1953, is a book by Robert H. Thouless which describes, assesses and critically analyses flaws in reasoning and argument. Thouless describes it as a practical manual, rather than a theoretical one.

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Thirty-eight fallacies are discussed in the book. Among them are:

No. 3. proof by example, biased sample, cherry picking
No. 6. ignoratio elenchi: "red herring"
No. 9. false compromise/middle ground
No. 12. argument in a circle
No. 13. begging the question
No. 17. equivocation
No. 18. false dilemma: black and white thinking
No. 19. continuum fallacy (fallacy of the beard)
No. 21. ad nauseam: "argumentum ad nauseam" or "argument from repetition" or "argumentum ad infinitum"
No. 25. style over substance fallacy
No. 28. appeal to authority
No. 31. thought-terminating cliché
No. 36. special pleading
No. 37. appeal to consequences
No. 38. appeal to motive

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