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2005., Pocket Books Call No: Literature FIC VOLTAIRE Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Enriched classics series.Summary Note: Presents the eighteenth-century social satire of a gentle and kind man who is thrashed by fate and his fellow man yet continues to believe that he lives in "the best of all possible worlds." Includes background information, explanatory notes, author chronology, and critical analysis.
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-- How to stay sane in a world of misinformation[2014]., Adolescent, Zest Books Call No: 070.4 GRA Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Uses modern headline examples to explain how to identify bad evidence and poor arguments, summarizing the rhetorical tricks people use to sway public opinion in a range of fields.
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[2014]., The Experiment Call No: HI-INT 168 ALM Edition: Second edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Have you read (or stumbled into) one too many irrational online debates? Ali Almossawi certainly had, so he wrote An Illustrated Book of Bad Arguments! This handy guide is here to bring the internet age a much-needed dose of old-school logic (really old-school, a la Aristotle). Here are cogent explanations of the straw man fallacy, the slippery slope argument, the ad hominem attack, and other common attempts at reasoning that actually fall shortplus a beautifully drawn menagerie of animals who (adorably) commit every logical faux pas. Rabbit thinks a strange light in the sky must be a UFO because no one can prove otherwise (the appeal to ignorance). And Lion doesnt believe that gas emissions harm the planet because, if that were true, he wouldnt like the result (the argument from consequences). Once you learn to recognize these abuses of reason, they start to crop up everywhere from congressional debate to YouTube commentswhich makes this geek-chic book a must for anyone in the habit of holding opinions.
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2011., Pre-adolescent, Harper Call No: [Fic] Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Twelve-year-old Elodie journeys to Two Castles in hopes of studying acting but instead becomes apprentice to a dragon, who teaches her to be observant and use reasoning, thus helping her to uncover who is poisoning the king.
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2013., Prometheus Books Call No: 153.4 Har Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Discusses the importance of skepticism and critical thinking skills, and illustrates how to apply them to daily life.
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2013., Farrar, Straus and Giroux Call No: 153.42 Kah Edition: First paperback edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Summary Note: Examines the human thought process and describes its two components: one that is fast, intuitive, and emotional; and the other that is slow, deliberate, and logical. Discusses the strengths and weaknesses of each one, and how they impact everyday life.
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2011., Candlewick Press Call No: [E] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: After tasting the warm, rusty water from the fountain designated for African- Americans, a young boy questions why he cannot drink the cool, refreshing water from the "Whites Only" fountain. Based on a true experience co-author Michael S. Bandy had as a boy.
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1999., Pantheon Books Call No: 153.4 CAL Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Studies how recent breakthroughs in neuroscience have changed scientists' understanding of the human mind and human cognition.
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By Nesbet, Anne[2015], Pre-adolescent, Harper Call No: [Fic] Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Twelve-year-old Linny embarks on an epic quest to save her best friend and discovers that she is the link between the magical and logical halves of her world.