Nonsense

Foreword

One                 

Everyday Nonsense

Two                 

Emotional Language

Three               

Emotional Language: Propaganda

Four                

Emotional Language: Suggestion

Five                 

Logical Fallacies

Six                   

Irrelevance

Irrelevant Authority

Appeal to Numbers

Confident Speculation

Seven               

Diversion

The Red Herring

The Straw Man

Eight               

Ambiguity and Incorrect Inference

Nine                 

Confusion and Incorrect Inference

Inferences

Ten                  

Confusion of Cause and Effect

Eleven              

Oversimplification

Twelve             

Erroneous Comparison and Contrast

Thirteen                       

Evasion

Fourteen          

More on Arguments

Fifteen             

More on Semantics

Sixteen             

More on the Syllogism

Seventeen         

Final Note

Summary of Fallacies and Nonsense

Bibliography

Ancillary Sources

Index