Falsehood and Fallacy: How to Think, Read, and Write in the Twenty-First Century

by Bethany Kilcrease

Book Overview

Falsehood and Fallacy shows students how to evaluate what they read in a digital age now that old institutional gatekeepers, such as the media or institutions of higher education, no longer hold a monopoly on disseminating knowledge. Short chapters cover the problems that exist as a result of the current flow of unmediated information, Fake News, and bad arguments, and demonstrate how to critically evaluate sources - particularly those that appear...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1487588615
• ISBN13: 9781487588618
• Release Date: March 2021
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"