You’ve Got to Be Kidding!: How Jokes Can Help You Think is a thoughtful and accessible analysis of the ways in which jokes illustrate how we think critically, and how the thinking process goes awry in everyday human situations.
* Uses jokes to illustrate the various mistakes or fallacies that are typically identified and discussed in courses on critical reasoning
* Provides an effective way to learn critical thinking skills since jokes often describe real-life situations where it really matters whether a person thinks well or not
* Demonstrates how philosophy is actually very practical and clearly related to real- life human experiences
* Explains how developing good reasoning habits can make a real difference in all aspects of one’s life
Table of Content
Preface ix
Acknowledgements xiii
1 Why Thinking Critically Is Important 1
2 Fallacies of Relevance 13
3 Fallacies of Evidence 45
4 Fallacies of Assumption 80
5 Critical Thinking and Objective Truth 97
References 116
Index 119
About the author
John Capps is a Professor at the Rochester Institute of
Technology.
Donald Capps is Professor of Pastoral Psychology at
Princeton Theological Seminary. He is the author of more than 20
books, including A Time to Laugh: The Religion of Humor
(2005).
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