Fallacies and Pitfalls of Language

by S. Morris Engel

As S. Morris Engel alerts us in this eye-opening book, we risk falling into potentially harmful language traps every moment. Not just the occasional malapropism or grammatical faux pas, but a more... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0486282740
• ISBN13: 9780486282749
• Release Date: November 1994
• Publisher: Dover Publications
• Length: 206 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.4" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

a great introduction to/review of informal logic

this is a short, concise, well-written book; a very readable (and affordalbe) survey of informal logic/logical fallacies. it's length is nice, esp. if you need help with this topic but are pressed for time or swamped by other reading (i.e. are a law student). note: this might be useful in preparing for the LSAT, since half of the LSAT tests your skills in informal logic and analyzing arguments. i found this to be better than "the art of deception" in both style and content (and it's shorter and less expensive too).

Entertaining and informative

Mr. Engel's latest book is as entertaining as it is informative. Through a series of colorful examples, the author examines the most common fallacies in the use of words and language. Though at times the topics addressed are obvious and some chapters are redundant, overall his treatment of language and its pitfalls is generally compelling and well worth the time it takes to read this gem of a book.