Nonsense is the best compilation and study of verbal logical fallacies available anywhere. It is a handbook of the myriad ways we go about being illogical—how we deceive others and ourselves, how we think and argue in ways that are disorderly, disorganized, or irrelevant. Nonsense is also a short course in nonmathematical logical thinking, especially important for students of p...(展开全部)

A leading German philosopher offers his most ambitious work yet on the nature of knowledge, arguing that being wrong about things defines the human condition. For millennia, philosophers have dedicated themselves to advancing understanding of the nature of truth and reality. In the process they have amassed a great deal of epistemological theory—knowledge about knowledge. But n...(展开全部)

An earnestly honest guy who doesn’t even grant pipe dreams to himself, physiologically incapable of letting a single contradiction go, in other words me, got dragged this June to a renowned academy for rich girls, no questions allowed, by the world’s strongest contractor. No matter how you put it, no matter how you spin it, there was probably no point to it. Because the case th...(展开全部)

Want to differentiate between the heavy emotional language you hear, the logic used, and the various errors in logic? Want to know what that false argument is called? Want to find a book that does not look, feel, and read like a textbook, but can easily be read/perused at your convenience? This little paperback book (174 pages) is one of the best resource for exposing the vario...(展开全部)

Want to differentiate between the heavy emotional language you hear, the logic used, and the various errors in logic? Want to know what that false argument is called? Want to find a book that does not look, feel, and read like a textbook, but can easily be read/perused at your convenience? This little paperback book (174 pages) is one of the best resource for exposing the vario...(展开全部)

保罗·克鲁格曼，现为普林斯顿大学经济学教授，主要研究领域包括国际贸易、国际金融、货币危机与汇率理论：克鲁格曼是诺贝尔经济学奖得主萨缪尔森和索洛的爱将，1994年成功预言亚洲金融危机，2008年独享诺贝尔经济学奖、他是当代美国最具影响力的政治评论家、前美国政府经济顾问。在过去十余年间，他出版了近二十本著作，发表文章数百篇。他的文笔清晰流畅。深入浅出，在公众眼中，他是一位不可多得的大众经济学家，被誉为“自凯恩斯以降，文章写得最好的经济学家”

保罗·克鲁格曼，现为普林斯顿大学经济学教授，主要研究领域包括国际贸易、国际金融、货币危机与汇率理论：克鲁格曼是诺贝尔经济学奖得主萨缪尔森和索洛的爱将，1994年成功预言亚洲金融危机，2008年独享诺贝尔经济学奖、他是当代美国最具影响力的政治评论家、前美国政府经济顾问。在过去十余年间，他出版了近二十本著作，发表文章数百篇。他的文笔清晰流畅。深入浅出，在公众眼中，他是一位不可多得的大众经济学家，被誉为“自凯恩斯以降，文章写得最好的经济学家”

In 1996, Alan Sokal published an essay in the hip intellectual magazine "Social Text" parodying the scientific but impenetrable lingo of contemporary theorists. Here, Sokal teams up with Jean Bricmont to expose the abuse of scientific concepts in the writings of today's most fashionable postmodern thinkers. From Jacques Lacan and Julia Kristeva to Luce Irigaray and Jean Baudril...(展开全部)

In 1996, Alan Sokal published an essay in the hip intellectual magazine "Social Text" parodying the scientific but impenetrable lingo of contemporary theorists. Here, Sokal teams up with Jean Bricmont to expose the abuse of scientific concepts in the writings of today's most fashionable postmodern thinkers. From Jacques Lacan and Julia Kristeva to Luce Irigaray and Jean Baudril...(展开全部)