Table of Contents
Preface vii
1 Different ways of using language 1
2 Words and facts 15
3 The meanings of words 29
4 Definition and some of its difficulties 37
5 Good and bad definitions 44
6 All and some 51
7 Some dishonest tricks in argument 62
8 Some logical fallacies 74
9 Habits of thought 85
10 Prejudice 97
11 Predigested thinking 111
12 Pitfalls in analogy 118
13 Oratory and suggestion 127
14 Tricks of suggestion 138
15 Straight thinking 146
16 The future of straight thinking 151
Appendix 1 Thirty-seven dishonest tricks commonly used in argument, with the methods of overcoming them 159
Appendix 2 A discussion illustrating crooked thinking 165
Index 171