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You've Got To Be Kidding! John Capps (Rochester Institute of Technology)

You've Got To Be Kidding! By John Capps (Rochester Institute of Technology)

You've Got To Be Kidding! by John Capps (Rochester Institute of Technology)


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Summary

You've Got to Be Kidding!: How Jokes Can Help You Think focuses on a single, core issue at the heart of philosophy: our ability to think critically. The authors, a father and son team of distinguished professors, aren't kidding around when they show us that jokes illustrate the various ways in which the thinking process goes awry.

You've Got To Be Kidding! Summary

You've Got To Be Kidding!: How Jokes Can Help You Think by John Capps (Rochester Institute of Technology)

You've Got to Be Kidding!: How Jokes Can Help You Think is a thoughtful and accessible analysis of the ways in which jokes illustrate how we think critically, and how the thinking process goes awry in everyday human situations.

  • Uses jokes to illustrate the various mistakes or fallacies that are typically identified and discussed in courses on critical reasoning
  • Provides an effective way to learn critical thinking skills since jokes often describe real-life situations where it really matters whether a person thinks well or not
  • Demonstrates how philosophy is actually very practical and clearly related to real- life human experiences
  • Explains how developing good reasoning habits can make a real difference in all aspects of one's life

About John Capps (Rochester Institute of Technology)

John Capps is a Professor at the Rochester Institute of Technology.

Donald Capps is Professor of Pastoral Psychology at Princeton Theological Seminary. He is the author of more than 20 books, including A Time to Laugh: The Religion of Humor (2005).

Table of Contents

Preface ix

Acknowledgements xiii

1 Why Thinking Critically Is Important 1

2 Fallacies of Relevance 13

3 Fallacies of Evidence 45

4 Fallacies of Assumption 80

5 Critical Thinking and Objective Truth 97

References 116

Index 119

Additional information

GOR008645448
9781405196642
1405196645
You've Got To Be Kidding!: How Jokes Can Help You Think by John Capps (Rochester Institute of Technology)
Used - Very Good
Paperback
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
2009-08-27
144
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