Do They Think You'Re Stupid?: 100 Ways Of Spotting Spin

Description: Do They Think You're Stupid? : 100 Ways Of Spotting Spin And Nonsense From The Media, Celebrities And Politicians
Originally published as 'The Duck that Won the Lottery', this companion volume to 'The Pig That Wants To Be Eaten' provides another rapid-fire selection of short, stimulating and entertaining capsules of philosophy. This time the focus is on the bad argumentative moves people use all the time, in politics, the media and everyday life. Each entry will be around 700 words and will take as its starting point an example of questionable reasoning from the media or literature. As with 'The Pig', the aim is to give readers something to chew on and work through for themselves.

Author Biography:
Julian Baggini is the editor and co-founder of The Philosophers' Magazine. His books include Do You Think What You Think YouThink? (with Jeremy Stangroom), What's It All About? - Philosophy and the Meaning of Life and The Pig That Wants to be Eaten, all published by Granta Books.