Mechanics of argument

[Anonymous No.16048746]

Any good books on the mechanics of arguing? How to spot a bad argument i.e. red herring, motte and Bailey, strawman all that stuff. I just got out of a relationship that was pretty one sided and I want to know the patterns of bullshit people rely on

[Anonymous No.16048772]

> ugly = wrong

[Anonymous No.16048803]

>>16048746
Skip the mechanics and learn how to win an argument, people are so hardwired to spout horseshit there's no point tossing claims of fallicious reasoning at them. Thinking Fast and Slow is a decent book that goes over some of the reasoning problems people have, although if you do read it check the sources he mentions as some of them have since been debunked. "Winning" an argument (ie: appearing to win to others, your actual opponent will rarely be convinced in matters they hold close to their heart) is all about confidence and wit, anyone who's done debating in school will know argumentation is pure sophistry, albeit very fun sophistry.

[Anonymous No.16048816]

>>16048772
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[Anonymous No.16048840]

https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Art_of_Being_Right

[Anonymous No.16049482]

>>16048746
Tons of stuff termed fallacies aren't actually fallacies because things assumed to be unrelated by fallacies are almost always related.