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An essential tool for our post-truth world: a witty primer on logic—and the dangers of illogical thinking—by a renowned Notre Dame professor Logic is synonymous with reason, judgment, sense, wisdom, and sanity. Being logical is the ability to create concise and reasoned arguments—arguments that build from given premises, using evidence, to a genuine conclusion. But mastering logical thinking also requires studying and understanding illogical thinking, both to sharpen one’s own skills and to protect against incoherent, or deliberately misleading, reasoning. Elegant, pithy, and precise,  Being Logical  breaks logic down to its essentials through clear analysis, accessible examples, and focused insights. D. Q. McInerney covers the sources of illogical thinking, from naïve optimism to narrow-mindedness, before dissecting the various tactics—red herrings, diversions, and simplistic reasoning—the illogical use in place of effective reasoning. An indispensable guide to using logic to advantage in everyday life, this is a concise, crisply readable book. Written explicitly for the layperson, McInerny’s  Being Logical  promises to take its place beside Strunk and White’s  The Elements of S

Who reads Being Logical : A Guide to Good Thinking?

Author

Dennis Q McInerny; OverDrive, Inc

Publisher

Random House Publishing Group

Published

2004

Language

EN

ISBN

9781588363770

Category

philosophy

Subjects

Education, Reference, Philosophy

Rating

3.69 / 5 (896 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14