New year, new arguments. Read these logic books to learn how to put together a solid argument.
Logic Books will help you improve your English language skills and learn to overcome fallacies too? English and logic dont always go together, however this list will help you develop a consistent, logical argument anywhere.
1. An Illustrated Book of Bad Arguments – Ali Almossawi
Do you want to learn how to create flawless logical argument? Don’t know where to begin? Then you need to read An Illustrated Book of Bad Arguments. The cute pictures (illustrations) of small errors in reasoning chosen by the author show you where it’s easy to slip. From an information engineer at Mozilla, this is a Best Seller in logic books.
By understanding the common mistakes in reasoning and when they occur you can learn to avoid them. The simple illustrations are a great way to emphasize the irregularities in logic. And the small character animals also make it easier for you to remember the faulty reasoning mistakes not to make.
An Illustrated Book of Bad Arguments gives you the first step in learning to have a rational and logical argument by showing you the common mistakes and how to avoid them in a cute and memorable book.
2. A Rulebook for Arguments – Anthony Weston
A Rulebook for Arguments will show you how to construct logical arguments in order to sustain your conclusion. It is an elegantly organized book that walks you through logical reasoning from how to form an idea to develop it to become a logical algorithm that supports it. Each step is thoroughly explained and illustrated in order to help you get a better understanding of how to better conceive and sustain your thesis.
This book helps you form clean and organized arguments that will support your case. A Rulebook for Arguments offers support for written papers. But the algorithms of thinking and organizing your arguments will also help you in speeches and simple discussions with friends.
3. Mastering Logical Fallacies: The Definitive Guide to Flawless Rhetoric and Bulletproof Logic – Michael Withey
Often we find ourselves in a situation where we know that our arguments are logical and true, but the simple use of a fallacy; a true statement with an incorrect content; throws us out of the debate because all of a sudden our reasoning doesn’t make sense. Its frustrating. This is why it is important to be able to recognize fallacies.
Mastering Logical Fallacies not only shows you how to recognize them, but also how to battle them in an argument. This book breaks down fallacies into logical steps and also puts them into real life situations for better understanding.
Knowing how to dismantle fallacies can give you the upper hand in an argument. Now you can introduce logical and rational arguments into the discussion, and furthermore, sustain your case, argument or thesis with flow.
4. How to Argue & Win Every Time: At Home, At Work, In Court, Everywhere, Everyday – Gerry Spence
Arguing a point it’s not only for scholars and lawyers. Making a valid point every time you talk to someone makes you look smart and confident. Former trial lawyer, Gerry Spence, takes his experience with arguing out of the court room and teaches us how to build an argument in order to win.
He proposes an affirmative action type of strategy. Everyone can have a successful argument with a structured and patient pace. The author outlines the “Locks” in a conversation as the objections the other person has and the “Keys” are the way to rebut their argument.
How to Argue & Win Every Time shows you how easy it is to form an argument and then to sustain it without being thrown by your opponent.
5. Critique of Pure Reason – Immanuel Kant
Immanuel Kant is the author and philosopher who stands at the base of modern logical thinking. He introduces the concept of analytic and synthetic judgments. The first having an implied or predictable subject, and the second needing more specification. Kant states that reasoning begins with analytic judgments, but synthetic ones are needed on complicated matters.
Critique of Pure Reason is a more scholarly logic book that everybody should read once in a lifetime. Even if they are not that interested in logical reasoning. Even if we are unaware of it, Kant has effectively developed the system we are using today to argue in our society.
The clear and elegant construction of reasoning Kant presents is a valid point of view for everyone that wants to understand how speech and critical thinking work.
6. Critical Thinking Skills: Developing Effective Analysis and Argument – Stella Cottrell
Critical Thinking Skills is another logic book that helps you develop your critical skills by breaking down the process into easy understandable steps. Also, this author gives you clear examples and stimulates you with exercises in order to practice your skills.
This book is perfect for all those who try to learn logical reasoning and critical thinking in an organized and way. The exercises at the end of every step help you understand faster where your problems are and how to correct them. Also, by solving them you will introduce critical thinking into day to day life without having to try too hard.
7. How to Make Sense of Any Mess: Information Architecture for Everybody – Abby Covert
Abby Covert brings a new concept to the critical thinking field: information architecture, and talks about it through the perspective of the real practical world. Information architecture teaches you how to be more organized with information. It also assists you to understand the information around you faster.
How to Make Sense of Any Mess has a seven step process that will help you sort new information in valuable and practical ways. It includes exercises that are great for organizing your train of thought, speech and life. Read this book so you will have a more organized speech because you will know what information is valuable for the point you are making.
