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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Levitin, Daniel J., author.     Subjects     Critical thinking.     Fallacies (Logic)     Reasoning.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Levitin, Daniel J., author.       by title:      A field guide to lie...         MARC Display

A field guide to lies : critical thinking in the information age / Daniel J. Levitin. by Levitin, Daniel J., author. New York, New York : Dutton, c2016. Subjects Critical thinking.   Fallacies (Logic)   Reasoning. ISBN:  9780525955221 : 0525955224 Description:  xi, 292 pages : illustrations, maps, charts ; 24 cm Contents:  Introduction: Thinking, critically -- Part one: Evaluating numbers. Plausibility ; Fun with averages ; Axis shenanigans ; Hijinks with how numbers are reported ; How numbers are collected ; Probabilities -- Part two: Evaluating words. How do we know? ; Identifying expertise ; Overlooked, undervalued alternative explanations ; Counterknowledge -- Part three: Evaluating the world. How science works ; Logical fallacies ; Knowing what you don't know ; Bayesian thinking in science and in court ; Four case studies -- Conclusion: Discovering your own -- Appendix: Application of Bayes' Rule. -- Glossary. Requests:  0 Summary:  We are bombarded with more information each day than our brains can process, especially in election season. It's raining bad data, half-truths, and even outright lies. Daniel J. Levitin shows how to recognize misleading announcements, statistics, graphs, and written reports revealing the ways lying weasels can use them. Outlines recommendations for critical thinking practices that meet the challenges of the digital age's misinformation, demonstrating the role of science in information literacy while explaining the importance of skeptical reasoning in making decisions based on online information.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Aina Haina Public Library Adult Nonfiction 153.42 Le Checked In Add Copy to MyList Hawaii State Library Social Science & Philosophy 153.42 Le Checked In Add Copy to MyList Kaimuki Public Library Adult Nonfiction 153.42 Le Checked In Add Copy to MyList Kihei Public Library Adult Nonfiction 153.42 Le Checked In Add Copy to MyList Lihue Public Library Adult Nonfiction 153.42 Le Checked In Add Copy to MyList Nanakuli Public Library Adult Nonfiction 153.42 Le Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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