Falsehood and Fallacy: How to Think, Read, and Write in the Twenty-First Century
- ISBN-10
- 1487588615
- ISBN-13
- 9781487588618
- Category
- Academic writing
- Pages
- 198
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2021
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Author
- Bethany Kilcrease
Description
Falsehood and Fallacy emphasizes that in our politically divided landscape, we all need to be able to read and research more critically in order to make well-reasoned arguments.
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