Falsehood and Fallacy

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How to Think, Read, and Write in the Twenty-First Century

By Bethany Kilcrease

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Summary

Falsehood and Fallacy guides students in critically assessing information in today's digital landscape, where traditional authorities no longer control knowledge dissemination. It addresses challenges like Fake News and poor arguments, offering tools to evaluate sources, especially online. The book also teaches identification of logical fallacies and how to craft clear academic writing, featuring practical exercises throughout.
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This book is ideal for students and learners keen to enhance their critical thinking and writing skills, particularly in navigating the complexities of online information.

Falsehood and Fallacy emphasizes that in our politically divided landscape, we all need to be able to read and research more critically in order to make well-reasoned arguments.

Description

Falsehood and Fallacy shows students how to evaluate what they read in a digital age now that old institutional gatekeepers, such as the media or institutions of higher education, no longer hold a monopoly on disseminating knowledge.

Short chapters cover the problems that exist as a result of the current flow of unmediated information, Fake News, and bad arguments, and demonstrate how to critically evaluate sources, particularly those that appear online.

Kilcrease provides a range of tools to help students evaluate the legitimacy of what they read. She discusses how to be on the lookout for bad arguments and logical fallacies and explains how students can produce clear and convincing academic writing. Exercises are included throughout the book to test student knowledge.

Written in a positive style and full of useful tools and exercises, Falsehood and Fallacy embraces the idea that everyone is a writer and has aptitude for further growth.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781487588618

Publisher: University of Toronto Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 29 March 2021

Country: Canada

Imprint: University of Toronto Press

Illustration: 8 b&w illustrations

Audience: Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 18.0mm

Width: 140.0mm

Height: 213.0mm

Weight: 240g

Pages: 200

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Bethany Kilcrease Children’s, Teenage and Educational Education & Reference Non-Fiction

About the Author

Bethany Kilcrease is a professor of History at Aquinas College.