Book of Fallacies

Jeremy Bentham identifies and criticizes around fifty fallacious arguments used by politicians to thwart measures of reform, and exposes the sinister interests that lead to their employment. This edition restores Bentham's original structure and previously-omitted sections, and remains as relevant to political debate today as it was in his time.

List of contents

• Editorial Introduction


• The Book of Fallacies


• Book I: Fallacies of the Ins


• 1: Fallacies Applying to Men's Fears


• 2: Fallacies Applying to Men's Self-Diffidence


• 3: Fallacies Applying to Men's Self-Diffidence (continued): Anti-Rational Fallacies


• 4: Fallacies Applying to Men's Superstitions


• 5: Fallacies Applying to Men's Indolence and Indifference


• 6: Fallacies Applying to Men's Antipathies


• BOOK II: Eitherside Fallacies


• 7: Fallacies Applying to Men's Sympathies


• 8: Fallacies Applying to the Judicial Faculty


• Book III: Fallacies of the Outs


• 9: Fallacies Applying to Men's Jealousies and Envyings


• Appendices


• Indexes

Summary

Jeremy Bentham identifies and criticizes around fifty fallacious arguments used by politicians to thwart measures of reform, and exposes the sinister interests that lead to their employment. This edition restores Bentham's original structure and previously-omitted sections, and remains as relevant to political debate today as it was in his time.

Product details

• Authors: Jeremy Bentham
• Assisted by: Philip Schofield (Editor), Schofield Philip (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 26.03.2015
• EAN: 9780198719816
• ISBN: 978-0-19-871981-6
• No. of pages: 640
• Series: The Collected Works of Jeremy Bentham; Collected Works of Jeremy Bent
• Subjects: Education and learning > Adult education/adult education classes > Self-tuition materials (general); Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political theories and the history of ideas; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Political science & theory, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Social and cultural history, Political science and theory