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Arthur Schopenhauer shows how people twist a case to win. He sets out 38 tactics for readers who want to spot such tricks. This book of philosophy looks at their use in public debate too.

Some tricks use anger to cloud a rival’s judgment. Others mix up questions to hide where a case leads. A speaker may frame two choices to make one hard to accept. Small points of difference can help dodge a strong objection. Speakers may cut in or change the subject to stop a rival’s case.

Other tricks use absurd claims or cite those with authority. Speakers may also claim they do not understand. Some reject ideas on the grounds that they cannot work. Others put their own gain ahead of reason. The last trick drops the case and turns to personal abuse.

Schopenhauer was a thinker of the nineteenth century. He had links to German idealism. This edition forms part of the Guerilla de pe noptiera series. Gabriel H. Decuble translated the book from German.